Seeing the Light? Next Steps for City Regions
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Seeing the Light? Next Steps for City Regions Publication Date: December 15th, 2005  |
City Regions are high up on the UK policy agenda, with the potential to drive economic development and enable institutions to work in ways that reflect contemporary lifestyle patterns. Early in 2005, the New Local Government Network established a ‘City Regions Commission’ to investigate further the prospects for the UK adopting such governance arrangements, particularly in England.
Seeing the Light? Next Steps for City Regions is the culmination of the work carried out by the Commission and an in-house NLGN Secretariat providing background research and collated evidence from a host of UK organisations. Together they have attempted to develop a clear vision for City Regions.
As the report makes apparent, the Commission has concluded that City Regions will best come about through local authority confederations, developed incrementally through local context and knowledge. The types of City Regions proposed in the report are those that will evolve organically, making full use of existing capacity and democratic legitimacy.
While the Commission has attempted to show the way forward for City Regions, it is up to others to deal with the practicalities of how to get there. Armed with the lessons and recommendations outlined here as well as NLGN’s concluding reflections, central and local government should embark on this worthwhile journey together.
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