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The New Local Government Network is an independent think tank that seeks to transform public services, revitalise local political leadership and empower local communities.
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Research ProjectsDelivering LAA Success
Managing Delivery in 21st Century
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The House of Lords and localism
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Upcoming Events
Building a local government workforce for the 21st Century (9 September)
Autumn Party Conferences 2008 - fringe sessions
(15 September)
Implementing the Sub-National Review
(22 October)
Implementing the Comprehensive Area Assessment
(6 November)
Local Area Agreements Conference 2008
(20 November)
NLGN Annual Conference 2009: Reshaping Public Service Delivery
(29 January)
| Pacing Lyons |  |
The extension of the Lyons Inquiry to include the role and function of local government carries both opportunity and challenge. The opportunity is to tackle longstanding and fundamental dilemmas in local governance in circumstances where lasting reform is possible. The challenge is to ensure that the quality of thinking and debate created by the Inquiry can rise to this ambition.
The NLGN Pacing Lyons project aims to feed into the development of the Lyons Inquiry. To generate relevant debate and capture high-quality thinking, the project is convened five high-level seminars looking at different issues:
- Challenges to the Local Political State
- Strategic Leadership of Public Services
- Local Political Accountability
- Funding to Encourage Autonomy, Innovation and Improvement
Following each seminar, NLGN is produced a paper summarising the findings of the session and suggesting avenues for further inquiry.
These papers are available as downloads in the following formats:
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