Council chiefs have made a last ditch plea for inspection to be slashed following research revealing some 74,000 pages of rules and instructions have been foisted on local government from Westminster in the past decade.
Following the Localis event ‘Total Place or Total Waste?’ at the Conservative Party Conference, Bob Neill spoke with Alex Thomson about some of the issues raised during the discussion
Discusses the potential of Social Impact Bonds, which aim to attract private investment to fund solutions to previously intractable social problems
Government’s Big Society adviser Lord Wei reveals that community-based budgeting is being piloted in four council areas
Communities and local government minister Greg Clark spoke of the importance of localism in a world where politics was becoming increasingly personal. Clark also spoke of the vital role of volunteers and the need for community engagement.
Community led early intervention programmes supported by government funding could transform our neighbourhoods and provide solutions to key social challenges argues a new report from Localis.
Localis argues in our Total Neighbourhood report that, while putting local budgets funds under the control of a strong, locally elected lead will reduce duplication, re-centre the focus on service users, and help to tackle social issues through prevention rather than (much more expensive) cure, it is by linking local funds to the benefits that community involvement and ownership can bring that we will truly revolutionise public service provision.
Birmingham City Council’s community-led early intervention programmes show local authorities how to deliver cheaper and ?radically better? services, according to thinktank Localis.
Bob Neill endorses Total Place-style budgeting at Localis Conservative Party conference fringe event
The new Localis report, ‘Total Neighbourhood’, adds weight to calls for place-based budgeting