The Local Government Association is the national membership body for local authorities and we work on behalf of our member councils to support, promote and improve local government. Our core membership is 315 of England’s 317 councils, with all Welsh unitary councils having membership via the Welsh Local Government Association. We are a politically-led, cross-party organisation that works on behalf of councils to ensure that local government has a strong, credible voice with local government, as well as providing a range of practical improvement support to councils. The LGA is running a Debate Not Hate campaign, which aims to encourage healthy debate and improve the responses and support for local politicians facing abuse and intimidation.