Starting to Modernise: the change agenda for local government

Starting to Modernise: the change agenda for local government
Publication Date: January 1st, 1998
ISBN: 0 953490 30 0
Authored by: Lord Filkin, Lord Bassam, Professor Paul Corrigan, Professor Gerry Stoker, John Tizard
Hardcopy Price: ££10

With the Joseph Rowntree Foundation

Foreword by Rt Hon John Prescott MP, Deputy Prime Minister

This report provides local authorities with an overview of the modernisation agenda, considering both the type of local government that the public may want in the future and the development of the councils community leadership role. It suggests ways to develop a system of appropriate local political leadership and how to create a stronger relationship with the public to deliver Best Value.