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 councils move […]

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 enable […]

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 […]