MEDIA NOTICE ‘Schools Beyond the Classroom: managing collaboration for social inclusion’ with David Miliband MP, Minister for Schools Standards, DfES Liz Allen, Education Policy Analyst, NLGN & author of the report Mike Blackburn, General Manager, BT Local Government & Education Monday 20th October @ Westminster Venue, London Attendance by invitation only. Despite the steady improvement [...]

DoH press release Health Minister Rosie Winterton today announced further support for local authority overview and scrutiny committees to carry out their reviews of health services. This support will include a one off payment of £2.25million to help local authorities in their new health scrutiny role. Speaking at the New Local Government Network Conference ‘Scrutinising [...]

Liberal Democrats – Brighton, 22 & 23 September Labour – Bournemouth, 30 September Conservatives – Blackpool, 8 October All welcome. Refreshments provided at all events. Liberal Democrats Brighton Monday 22 September – Buckingham Room, Brighton Metropole Hotel, 1.00pm – 2.00pm Is Localism the Way to Better Public Services? NLGN has long been at the forefront [...]

A new pamphlet published today by independent think-tank, the New Local Government Network (NLGN) is calling for a non-political Grants Commission to be established in the UK to identify the real needs of the UK’s nations, regions and local authorities, as a means for setting in place a fairer method for distributing central funding. Drawing [...]

Wednesday 17 September 2003 The Commonwealth Institute, London, W8 Local Authorities are key to delivering the Government’s agenda for improved public services and partnership working is proving to be an effective way to meet this challenge. In particular Strategic Service Delivery Partnerships can assist authorities in managing service improvements both in terms of quality, cost [...]

Local Public Service Agreements (LPSA) – the individual ‘contracts’ established by central and local government aimed at improving local service provision – must be fully integrated within the wider improvement strategy of a local authority if they are to work effectively, according to a new report by the New Local Government Network (NLGN) and the [...]

In a new pamphlet launched today, independent think-tank, the New Local Government Network (NLGN) has called for a greater understanding of the role that ‘choice’ might play in the delivery of local public services. Hailed as the motor of reform by government ministers but attacked as a fig leaf for privatisation by its critics, the [...]

Dan Corry, director of the New Local Government Network think-tank has told a gathering of voluntary and community sector staff that their organisations must prove that they really can help local government deliver local services, and also highlighted how forcing deals between the two sectors is the wrong way forward. Speaking at an NCVO conference [...]