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Keeping up to date with Localis

Feb 5, 2010 by: Localis

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Plan to move to peer review

Feb 4, 2010 by: Public Service

Local area agreements (LAA) will be restructured so that they no longer face major intervention from Whitehall when councils are deciding their own priorities, should the Tori...

Spelman spells out regulation strategy

Feb 3, 2010 by: Local Government Chronicle

Shadow local government secretary Caroline Spelman has given the first indication of how the future of local government regulation may look if the Conservatives win the electi...

Mr easyCouncil defends his model

Feb 3, 2010 by: The Guardian

The architect of the 'easyCouncil' model – the possible blueprint for local government under the Tories – explains why it is more than just providing public services without t...

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Localis is an independent think-tank dedicated to issues related to local government and localism. We carry out innovative research, hold a calendar of events and facilitate an ever growing network of members to stimulate and challenge the current orthodoxy of the governance of the UK.

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For Good Measure
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Local Government and Schools
Posted in Reform and Personalisation of Public Services

The Bottom Line
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Total Place
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Current Projects

Improving Local Government Status in National Politics

Last updated:Feb 8, 2010

Historically there has been some tension between the two level of governmen...


Giving councils greater financial control

Last updated:Feb 5, 2010

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Devolving Central Assessment of Local Government

Last updated:Feb 5, 2010

A project looking to devolve the central government performance and assessm...


Managing changing economic circumstances

Last updated:Feb 3, 2010

Local governments role in dealing with the recession and beyond...

The role of local government in education

Last updated:Feb 2, 2010

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Getting Local Government to work Across Borders

Last updated:Jan 22, 2010

The current political system is not always conducive to encouraging Council...