Janice Morphet, a member of the Modernising Local Government team and e-government advisor at the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, has been appointed as an Honorary Professor at the Bartlett for a five year period from January 2005.

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• 1 IntroductionWhy local government?The debate on central-local relationsThe context of local government reformHow do they do it elsewhere?The notion of social capitalThe relationship between local performance and the economy2Great Expectations - the position in 1997The view of local government: the legacy of expectationThe view of the 1997 New Labour Government: the legacy of fearPaving the way for reformReal issues on the agenda - which key issues did local authorities face in 19973The new approach to decision making in local governmentThe new Council ConstitutionsElectoral arrangementsThe role of the CouncilThe role of the ExecutiveScrutiny and overviewThe emerging roles of local councillorsReforming local government representation at the centre4Promoting well being and the community′s interestUnderstanding the role of a general power of competence - the European Charter of self-governanceThe duty to promote the economic, social and environmental well being of the communities being servedPromoting community leadershipCommunity StrategiesCommunity leadership and the CPACommunity Strategies and LA21 - towards environmental well beingCommunity Strategies and Local Development FrameworksRemoving Plan requirements5 Performance and FreedomsThe role of the Audit CommissionBest value: why competition?The best value processComprehensive Performance AssessmentDoes performance assessment work?InterventionCapacity for deliveryFreedoms and flexibilities6 Delivery with partners - procurement, privatisation, partnerships, trading and choiceLocal authorities as employersPrivatisationJoint service delivery between local authoritiesStrategic PartneringThe Lyons and Gershon Reviews: from central to local delivery?ChoiceThe growing potential of the voluntary sector7 Joining up around customers - the role of e-governmentThe problems of silo government for the citizenImplementing e-governmentLocal implementation of e-governmentDeveloping and implementing priority outcomesThe barriers to citizen engagement and deliveryEfficiency and e-governmentChanging the citizen′s relationship with government?8 Councillors, Standards and CorruptionThe system before the Local Government Act 2000The Nolan Committee on Standards in Public LifeThe Standards Board for EnglandPlanningThe conduct of local authority staffPublic service ethics9 The future of local government financeLocal government′s constitutional role and financeCentral and local discretions - assessing the boundariesThe continuing legacy of the Layfield CommitteeThe dynamic of efficiencyThe use of property assets - an example of improving efficiency at the local levelA new freedom - the case of business ratesA new localist solution?10 New LocalismThe rise of new localismPlace shapingPressures for reduction in local powersCulture and habit11 Local Strategic Partnerships - the way forwardPartnership working - programmes and policiesLocal Strategic PartnershipsHow are LSPs developing?How effective are LSPs so far?The future for LSPs, LAAs and Public Service Boards?12 Parishes, Town Councils and Neighbourhood WorkingDevelopments since 1997Parish and town councilsDevolved working in local authoritiesEmerging forms of local managementThe role of Local Strategic Partnerships in neighbourhood development13 Regions Sub-Regions and LondonWhy regionalism?Regional working in England 1993-2004 - moving from central ways of workingRegionalising the centreHow have these regional arrangements worked for local government in England?Sub-regionsLondon14 What is the future of local government?Shaping influences for the future of local governmentHolding local government to accountReputation managementThe choice agendaUsing the third sectorSmaller numbers of professionalized councillors?Public service reformCreating a single pubic service

Janice Morphet, a member of the Modernising Local Government team and e-government advisor at the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, has been appointed as an Honorary Professor at the Bartlett for a five year period from January 2005.

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• 1 IntroductionWhy local government?The debate on central-local relationsThe context of local government reformHow do they do it elsewhere?The notion of social capitalThe relationship between local performance and the economy2Great Expectations - the position in 1997The view of local government: the legacy of expectationThe view of the 1997 New Labour Government: the legacy of fearPaving the way for reformReal issues on the agenda - which key issues did local authorities face in 19973The new approach to decision making in local governmentThe new Council ConstitutionsElectoral arrangementsThe role of the CouncilThe role of the ExecutiveScrutiny and overviewThe emerging roles of local councillorsReforming local government representation at the centre4Promoting well being and the community′s interestUnderstanding the role of a general power of competence - the European Charter of self-governanceThe duty to promote the economic, social and environmental well being of the communities being servedPromoting community leadershipCommunity StrategiesCommunity leadership and the CPACommunity Strategies and LA21 - towards environmental well beingCommunity Strategies and Local Development FrameworksRemoving Plan requirements5 Performance and FreedomsThe role of the Audit CommissionBest value: why competition?The best value processComprehensive Performance AssessmentDoes performance assessment work?InterventionCapacity for deliveryFreedoms and flexibilities6 Delivery with partners - procurement, privatisation, partnerships, trading and choiceLocal authorities as employersPrivatisationJoint service delivery between local authoritiesStrategic PartneringThe Lyons and Gershon Reviews: from central to local delivery?ChoiceThe growing potential of the voluntary sector7 Joining up around customers - the role of e-governmentThe problems of silo government for the citizenImplementing e-governmentLocal implementation of e-governmentDeveloping and implementing priority outcomesThe barriers to citizen engagement and deliveryEfficiency and e-governmentChanging the citizen′s relationship with government?8 Councillors, Standards and CorruptionThe system before the Local Government Act 2000The Nolan Committee on Standards in Public LifeThe Standards Board for EnglandPlanningThe conduct of local authority staffPublic service ethics9 The future of local government financeLocal government′s constitutional role and financeCentral and local discretions - assessing the boundariesThe continuing legacy of the Layfield CommitteeThe dynamic of efficiencyThe use of property assets - an example of improving efficiency at the local levelA new freedom - the case of business ratesA new localist solution?10 New LocalismThe rise of new localismPlace shapingPressures for reduction in local powersCulture and habit11 Local Strategic Partnerships - the way forwardPartnership working - programmes and policiesLocal Strategic PartnershipsHow are LSPs developing?How effective are LSPs so far?The future for LSPs, LAAs and Public Service Boards?12 Parishes, Town Councils and Neighbourhood WorkingDevelopments since 1997Parish and town councilsDevolved working in local authoritiesEmerging forms of local managementThe role of Local Strategic Partnerships in neighbourhood development13 Regions Sub-Regions and LondonWhy regionalism?Regional working in England 1993-2004 - moving from central ways of workingRegionalising the centreHow have these regional arrangements worked for local government in England?Sub-regionsLondon14 What is the future of local government?Shaping influences for the future of local governmentHolding local government to accountReputation managementThe choice agendaUsing the third sectorSmaller numbers of professionalized councillors?Public service reformCreating a single pubic service

Janice Morphet, a member of the Modernising Local Government team and e-government advisor at the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, has been appointed as an Honorary Professor at the Bartlett for a five year period from January 2005.

Select Guide Rating

• 1 IntroductionWhy local government?The debate on central-local relationsThe context of local government reformHow do they do it elsewhere?The notion of social capitalThe relationship between local performance and the economy2Great Expectations - the position in 1997The view of local government: the legacy of expectationThe view of the 1997 New Labour Government: the legacy of fearPaving the way for reformReal issues on the agenda - which key issues did local authorities face in 19973The new approach to decision making in local governmentThe new Council ConstitutionsElectoral arrangementsThe role of the CouncilThe role of the ExecutiveScrutiny and overviewThe emerging roles of local councillorsReforming local government representation at the centre4Promoting well being and the community′s interestUnderstanding the role of a general power of competence - the European Charter of self-governanceThe duty to promote the economic, social and environmental well being of the communities being servedPromoting community leadershipCommunity StrategiesCommunity leadership and the CPACommunity Strategies and LA21 - towards environmental well beingCommunity Strategies and Local Development FrameworksRemoving Plan requirements5 Performance and FreedomsThe role of the Audit CommissionBest value: why competition?The best value processComprehensive Performance AssessmentDoes performance assessment work?InterventionCapacity for deliveryFreedoms and flexibilities6 Delivery with partners - procurement, privatisation, partnerships, trading and choiceLocal authorities as employersPrivatisationJoint service delivery between local authoritiesStrategic PartneringThe Lyons and Gershon Reviews: from central to local delivery?ChoiceThe growing potential of the voluntary sector7 Joining up around customers - the role of e-governmentThe problems of silo government for the citizenImplementing e-governmentLocal implementation of e-governmentDeveloping and implementing priority outcomesThe barriers to citizen engagement and deliveryEfficiency and e-governmentChanging the citizen′s relationship with government?8 Councillors, Standards and CorruptionThe system before the Local Government Act 2000The Nolan Committee on Standards in Public LifeThe Standards Board for EnglandPlanningThe conduct of local authority staffPublic service ethics9 The future of local government financeLocal government′s constitutional role and financeCentral and local discretions - assessing the boundariesThe continuing legacy of the Layfield CommitteeThe dynamic of efficiencyThe use of property assets - an example of improving efficiency at the local levelA new freedom - the case of business ratesA new localist solution?10 New LocalismThe rise of new localismPlace shapingPressures for reduction in local powersCulture and habit11 Local Strategic Partnerships - the way forwardPartnership working - programmes and policiesLocal Strategic PartnershipsHow are LSPs developing?How effective are LSPs so far?The future for LSPs, LAAs and Public Service Boards?12 Parishes, Town Councils and Neighbourhood WorkingDevelopments since 1997Parish and town councilsDevolved working in local authoritiesEmerging forms of local managementThe role of Local Strategic Partnerships in neighbourhood development13 Regions Sub-Regions and LondonWhy regionalism?Regional working in England 1993-2004 - moving from central ways of workingRegionalising the centreHow have these regional arrangements worked for local government in England?Sub-regionsLondon14 What is the future of local government?Shaping influences for the future of local governmentHolding local government to accountReputation managementThe choice agendaUsing the third sectorSmaller numbers of professionalized councillors?Public service reformCreating a single pubic service