The last eighteen years of central government reforms have transformed the role of local authorities in promoting better educational outcomes. As the dust clears after the Educational and Inspections Act, we need to re-imagine the role of the local authority. This new report identifies the core skills that local […]

Where next for Lib Dem thinking on the localism agenda? This pamphlet – part of a series from leading thinkers in each of the three main political parties – answers this question, detailing the grassroots experience of Lib Dem councillors and exploring further where national policy is heading. Devising new ways […]

This collection of essays brings together five modernising and contemplative pieces from Labour Ministers looking at future policy challenges for the Government. The essays are underpinned by a directional travel towards the values of localism and decentralisation that NLGN believe will be the […]

The city-region debate is long established. The economic case for wider co-ordination has been well made but, in the run up to the 2006 Local Government White Paper, the practicalities of structural and governance arrangements have caused many to pause for thought. The New Local Government Network has been at […]