Abdool Kara makes the case for an LGA as an advocate for better council services, rather than the trade body for councils and councillors.

It seems to me that it is time for the Local Government Association to grow a pair. To avoid any misinterpretation, let me be clear that I mean a pair of leaders, who together are able to position the organisation as the advocate for better council services, rather than the trade body for councils and councillors, with all the compromises that entails.