GB-London: case studies

The Government has recently undertaken a post-implementation review of the Civil Contingencies Act and is currently developing a new national resilience strategy. Alongside this, the National Preparedness Commission undertook its own independent review of the Act. The LGA's input to these reviews highlighted our view that the Act needs to reflect the legitimate role of elected councillors in local resilience work: currently, there is no reference at all to local politicians within the Act. We are pleased that the r...