Small State. Big Society

What these essays successfully demonstrate is that the ‘Small State, Big Society’ approach is not just a good idea – it is an idea that has been shown to work, and one that offers the only real solution to the many challenges we now face....Continue May 19, 2010

Latest local government news

DCLG opens books to public

Aug 12, 2010 by: Local Government Chronicle

The Department for Communities & Local Government has published a list of every item of expenditure above £500 made in the past year....

Maude launches pathfinder mutuals

Aug 12, 2010 by: Local Government Chronicle

A dozen ‘pathfinder mutuals’ in which entrepreneurial public sector staff take control of local services have been announced by Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude....

Place Survey ditched

Aug 10, 2010 by: Local Government Chronicle

The Place Survey is to be scrapped as ministers make a further bid to “release councils from Whitehall control”, local government minister Grant Shapps has announced....

No more council houses for life, says David Cameron

Aug 5, 2010 by: The Daily Telegraph

The Prime Minister said the Government may introduce “fixed period” tenancies to ensure new social housing tenants can be evicted if their circumstances improve....

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Small State. Big Society
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Community ownership of public services

Last updated:Sep 1, 2010

This project is about the practicalities of co-operatives and mutual societ...


The total approach in the delivery of public services

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Customer driven public services

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Devolving performance accountability to local areas

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The way that local government performance is assessed has a significant imp...

Devolution beyond local government

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Reform of the social housing system

Last updated:Aug 5, 2010

This is a project about radically changing the current social housing syste...