Politics
A Magna Carta for Local Government?
A workshop at the Local Government Association's annual conference, 26-28 June 2012
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"Magna Carta for #localgov" w Cllr Robert Light Mayor Dorothy Thornhill @GrahamAllenMP Cllr Apu Bagchi & Lord Tyler Hall 5, 11.15 #lgaconf12
LGA 2012: Britain lags behind on independent local governmentCouncil freedom from Whitehall control could be enshrined in law as early as next year as MPs and councillors strive to protect the princ...- .@GrahamAllenMP in a year's time, we hope we'll have seen a momentous change for #localgov #lgaconf12
- Cllr Robert Light launches our new Independent Local Government publication #lgaconf12 yfrog.com/od81umej
- Download the publication from the link below:
Publications | Local Government Association
http://www.local.gov.uk/web/guest/publications/-/journal_content/56/10171/3630072/PUBLICATION-TEMPLATE
#magna #lgaconf12 Aim is to shape a "Localism Bill 2". Five broad themes we'd want to see in it.- #magna #lgaconf12 Theme 1: full retention of uncapped council tax and business rates (subject to some redistribution on fairness grounds)
- #magna #lgaconf12 Theme 2: Local accountability, removing unnecessary supervisory powers, with central gvt as backstop not monitor
- #magna #lgaconf12 Theme 3: End central gvt power to decide council boundaries, structures and governance models - to be local decisions.
'blue sky thinking all very well if the sky is blue - Lord Tyler. #localgov facing huge resource issues. #lgaconf12
Local Government Magna Carta - progressive sustainable local government fit for the 21st century. #lgaconf12- Recommended reading from Mayor Dorothy Thornhill:
Building Jerusalem: The Rise and Fall of the Victorian City
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List Price: £12.99 Price: £9.09 You Save: £3.90 (30%) - Bagchi: Unelected quangos have far more powers than elected councillors. We should have much more control at local level. #magna #lgaconf12
- "I'm on radical end of this," says @grahamallenmp, "we should have a share of income tax going straight to #localgov" #magna #lgaconf12
- Read more from Graham Allen in this publication from the New Local Government Network:
NLGN's LGA Conference Journal 2012This free journal accompanied our presence at the LGA conference this year. It contains twelve essays from some of the leading voices in ...- An impromptu contribution from Greg Clark MP, pleased to be part of this debate #lgaconf12 yfrog.com/nx72zacj
