At the end of May 2025, the council welcomed a team of Peers from the Local Government Association (LGA), who undertook a Peer Challenge of the council.
The LGA Peer Challenge process supports continuous improvement by providing effective insight, guidance and challenge, as well as assurance to local leaders and residents.
The Corporate Peer Challenge focuses on the core, corporate functions of the council (including finance, performance and governance) and will provide a robust, strategic and credible challenge and support to the council, bringing together political and managerial leadership, with member and officer peers. In addition to the corporate focus, the council also asked the team to look at the council’s approach to the new Housing Consumer Standards.
The team submitted their final report in August 2025, and the council prepared an action plan to address the recommendations made.
Progress update
All Corporate Peer Challenges have a progress review usually twelve months after the original Peer Challenge. This took place beginning of July 2026 and the purpose was to assess progress made against the original 2025 report and consider new challenges.
This page was last updated 29 September 2026