Localism: government response to Select Committee report
The government’s response to MPs' recommendations on Localism is interesting as it provides an overview of its plans for the future of local government
Special seminar: FOI and local government
The UCL’s Constitution Unit are conducting the first systematic study of the objectives, benefits and consequences of FOI and English local government.
LGiU report: Going where the eyeballs are: how email can connect councils with their communities
A 2011 report on the most effective means of digital communication between councils and citizens.
Going where the eyeballs are: how digital communication can connect councils with their communities
New LGiU research that shows how local government can reduce costs whilst building a more effective and engaging communications strategy.
Going where the eyeballs are: how email is connecting councils with their communities
To many people new web technology seems the ideal way to engage in more dialogue with communities, this report attempts to give some shape to what this approach means in practice for government.
Risk and Reward: local government and risk in the new public realm
There has never been a greater need for innovation in local government service delivery. This report recommends councils to adopt an eight-point risk manifesto for a more flexible approach to risk in order to maximise the potential involvement of community groups and other in delivering services.
The final opportunity to influence the direction and funding of the social care system
This consultation, Caring for our future: shared ambitions for care and support, is intended to gather responses to the recommendations of the Commission on the Funding of Care and Support and of the Law Commission’s recent report on social care. It introduces a number of topics which the Government believes should be priority areas for reform…
The English Baccalaureate
The English Baccalaureate (referred to as EBacc by the DfE and throughout this document) was first announced on 6th September 2010 by the Secretary of State for Education in a speech at the Westminster Academy. This briefing reports on the House of Commons Education Committee Report The English Baccalaureate (HC 851), published on 28t July…
Caring for our future – Department of Health consultation
The Department of Health has launched an online consultation on the future of social care and its funding. This briefing gives details and comments briefly on it.
LGiU at the party conferences
The LGiU held two fringe events at each party conference on the funding of adult social care ‘Local care or social care: funding care post Dilnot’ (with Partnership). and ‘Hands On – What role for local authorities in education?’ (with the NUT and Unison).
