Pacing Lyons

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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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