To consider the findings of the recent Local Government Association (LGA) corporate peer challenge and agree how those findings will be used to inform improvement plans.

Herefordshire Council recently took up the offer of an LGA corporate peer challenge, recognising the opportunity this provided to have an independent and objective assessment of the council’s achievements and plans to continue the journey of improvement.

The report of the peer team’s findings identifies areas of success and good practice, and suggests actions that could be taken to enable us to achieve more. The recommendations propose ways in which those suggestions can be taken forward.