NLGN lecture: ‘Real decentralisation: the denationalisation of local government’

April 6, 2004

Hon Bernard Jenkin MP, Shadow Secretary of State for the Regions

with response from:

Cllr Sir Sandy Bruce-Lockhart, Leader, Kent County Council

Chair: Dan Corry, Director, New Local Government Network

Monday 19 April 2004, 8.30am for 9.00am start until 10.15am

Venue: Central London

With issues of decentralisation and talk of ‘localism’ shaping debates within both political and policy spheres alike, Mr Jenkin will discuss “the cycle of centralisation” and offer his view on why central government power should be reduced, and local government ‘denationalised’.

Sir Sandy Bruce-Lockhart, Leader of Kent County Council will then respond to the speech, after which there will be a Question and Answer session. The Chair for the event will be NLGN Director, Dan Corry.

RSVP to Monique Byer – monique.byer@nlgn.org.uk or 020 7015 1386.

Notes for Editors:

The New Local Government Network (NLGN) is an independent think-tank, seeking to transform public services, revitalise local political leadership and empower local communities.


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