Barbara Roche MP Minister of State, ODPM NLGN Conference Thank you for inviting me to speak here today. Public space, the local environment, Liveability or what ever you call it, is an issue that the Government takes very seriously. I would like to take this opportunity to set out how we propose to take this [...]

Stephen Timms MP Minister of State, Department of Trade & Industry NLGN Conference I am delighted to be back on local government territory this morning and I want to refer to my own local government experience in speaking to you. But I want to acknowledge that it might at first appear rather odd for the [...]

Dr. Alan Whitehead MP Parliamentary Under Secretary of State NLGN Conference Introduction 1. Today’s conference asks a bold question. Those of you who have attended more than their fair share of conferences will know that the best conferences do indeed ask bold questions. I am, though reminded in a faint sense of those posters that [...]

Rt. Hon Nick Raynsford MP Minister for Local Government and the Regions NLGN Conference Introduction I am very pleased to be here to speak to you today on the important matter of local authority community leadership- a key theme of our recent local government White Paper. Since 1997, we have set in place a number [...]

Introduction Thank you for inviting me to address this conference on learning from partnerships in education. I am very pleased to be part of what should prove to be a very stimulating day drawing on a range of speakers well qualified to describe and analyse the benefits and occasional pains – of partnership working. Partnership [...]

Introduction I am grateful for this opportunity to speak to your conference today, on making constitutions a reality. This conference is well-timed, and I very much welcome NLGN’s initiative in organising it. There has been a revolution ­ sometimes quiet, sometimes less so – going on in town halls up and down the country, as [...]

Introduction I am very pleased to be addressing you today on the issues of delivering high quality services to our citizens. We are currently in an advanced stage of preparation of our Local Government White Paper. This will set out our vision of the future of local government, and a series of ambitious reforms to [...]

Introduction I am delighted to be addressing you today and I would like to thank in particular the CBI, NLGN and I&Dea for hosting this event. This is the first in a series of seminars taking place across the country over the next month that I and other Ministerial colleagues will be attending. This Government [...]