Last week at a Localis debate about the future of local government regulation, shadow local government secretary Caroline Spelman played down concerns about localism in health leading to postcode lottery accusations.
More than 70 leaders of social care throughout England are warning that the Governments plans to provide free home care are flawed, unfunded and will force cuts to current services.
The Government believes that the spread of the internet and other social changes may mean that councils should be free to close libraries. Libraries account for more expenditure than other cultural or sporting projects funded by local councils.
The national consultation that led to the government’s controversial post office closure programme was deeply flawed and so ineffective that it was regarded by many consumers as “a sham”, a hard-hitting report will claim today.
Scrapping the inspection and the target culture in local government would improve performance and would save money in the process says the Director of Policy at Localis as he explores their latest report ‘For Good Measure’
Councils should be given stronger powers to hold local service providers to account, the House of Commons has been told. An MP said greater scrutiny would help drive up standards for local people.
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Localis are taking part in an online ‘hotseat’ on the IDeA website. To offer feedback on the report and to engage in the discussion please go to the following link – http://www.communities.idea.gov.uk/c/1127925/forum/thread.do?id=3300479
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 Tories win the general election.
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 the trimmings