The Greater London Authority has committed itself to publishing all centrally held data in its raw format as part of a drive to change the nature of the interaction between citizens and the state.
Some of the highest profile Conservative council leaders, including Hammersmith & Fulham LBCs Stephen Greenhalgh, Westminster City Councils Colin Barrow and Leicestershire CCs David Parsons have been involved in drawing up what they bill as a Magna Carta for localism
Kent CC’s leader is to launch a radical drive to convince the Conservative leadership to devolve power to sub-regions based on traditional county boundaries
My discussion document is about radical devolution to local communities and local government at all levels. It shows how real devolution and empowerment can deliver substantial savings and drive up standards of services.
A council that made headlines over its plan to provide a no-frills ?easyJet? service with top-up charges has been forced to abandon some of its proposals because of legal problems
Officials at the Audit Commission are already preparing for an alternative inspection system to the comprehensive area assessment (CAA) in case the Conservative Party wins power.
Lynne Hack, Surrey’s Cabinet member for the Environment, said the council was proposing to build the park at the existing waste management facility at Charlton Lane, Shepperton. She said the park was “a key element” of the authority’s new “waste vision” and would be the first of its kind in the country
A paper for the think tank Localis co-authored by Hammersmith & Fulham council leader Stephen Greenhalgh has made waves by calling for the wholesale deregulation of social housing
England’s regeneration agency has unveiled a set of proposals that would enable it to reinvest returns from its funding of affordable housing back into the delivery of further social housing
Cllr Andrew Povey, the leader of Surrey County Council, makes the point that often when we talk of “choice” within the current system we mean “preference.