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• Paying for Local Investment: New Finance Mechanisms for Local Government
  Category: Reshaping the economy, Improving Family Life   |   01/03/2005

  This report is a supplement to a previous report
  by Policy Exchange and Localis, on the reform of the revenue finance system of local government in England.

• Big Bang Localism
  Category: Reshaping the economy   |   05/11/2004

  In a report for Localis and Policy Exchange, Simon Jenkins highlights the kind of radical transformations needed to save British Democracy.

• Nothing to Lose but Your Chains: Examination of Capital Finance System
  Category: Reshaping the economy, Improving Family Life   |   11/08/2004

  In the final part of this major study into local government financial reform, Professor Tony Travers of the LSE examines the much overlooked capital finance system.

• I’m a Councillor, Get me out of here: England’s System of Local Government Finance
  Category: Reshaping the economy, Improving Family Life   |   04/06/2004

  This volume briefly reviews the revenue and capital finance system available to local government in England and examines the recent changes to the system under the Blair government.

• The Decline and Fall of Local Democracy: A History of Local Government Finance
  Category: Reshaping the economy, Improving Family Life   |   27/08/2003

  Professor Tony Travers of the LSE examines the history of local government funding in England and Wales, from feudalism through the Victorian period to today.

• Going local: Who should run Britain’s police?
  Category: Reshaping the economy, Reforming Public Services   |   02/01/2003

  Policy Exchange’s first report was supported by Localis. The report originally suggested the creation of the Police and Crime Commissioner post.