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	Local Government - LoveToKnow 1911
		LOCAL GOVERNMENT, a phrase specially adopted in English usage for the decentralized or deconcentrated administration, within a state or national and central government, of local affairs by local authorities.
		The degree to which local government is adopted varies considerably in different countries, and those which are the best examples of it in modern times - the United Kingdom, the United States, France and Germany - differ very much in their local institutions, partly through historical, partly through temperamental, causes.
		The history and present state of the local government in the various countries are dealt with in the separate articles on them (England, Germany, candc.), in the sections dealing with government and administration, or political institutions.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Local_Government (377 words)

	Wikinfo \| England (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		England (formerly the Kingdom of England up to its merger with Scotland in 1707, which created the Kingdom of Great Britain) is the largest and most densely populated of the nations that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
		England comprises most of the southern half of the island of Great Britain, bordered to the north by Scotland and to the west by Wales.
		According to the 2001 census the population of England was 49,138,831.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=England (396 words)

	City Mayors: Local government in the United Kingdom
		Local government in the United Kingdom is a settled feature of the constitutional architecture and has long acted as an agency of the state in order to fulfil many of the functions required by central government to ameliorate social problems throughout the years.
		Local government boundaries owe their current basis to local government legislation, though voluntary mergers are permissible under the law and the Boundary Committee for England is now responsible for the overall examination of local government boundaries and structures.
		Local government in the Republic of Ireland predates its national political structures, with much of the constitutional arrangements laid down under British rule in the late nineteenth century remaining in place.
	www.citymayors.com /government/uk_government.html (2327 words)

	local.gov.uk \| About local government (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Local government is also one of the largest employers in Wales with some 150,000 employees. The National Assembly for Wales develops and issues secondary legislation in Wales within the primary legislative framework agreed at Westminster.
		Councils have wide-ranging involvement in the cultural provision of their local communities. In particular they are responsible for local libraries, the management of entertainment venues and the coordination and promotion of a variety and events and leisure activities in their local area.
		Local councils have a number of responsibilities surrounding the sustainability and improvement of their local environment. They oversee a range of activities such as street cleaning, household refuse collection, waste management, recycling schemes and street scene maintenance.
	www.local.gov.uk /default.asp?sID=1088162663359 (513 words)

	Telegraph \| News
		The Local Government Association, which is part of the review team, is also calling for a local income tax and the return of business rates to council control.
		Local authorities also want to stop central government from using council taxpayers to pick up an increasing share of national expenditure decisions, such as extra money for schools, law and order and community care.
		A paper submitted by the association for today's meeting proposes that the mainstay of local government funding should be a reformed property tax - with new bands at the top and bottom to reflect the changing value of homes - a local business rate and an £18 billion share of national income tax.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/01/15/ntax15.xml (826 words)

	Local government in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 2000 Parliament passed the Local Government Act 2000 to require councils to move to an executive-based system, either with the council leader and a cabinet acting as an executive authority, or with a directly-elected mayor, either with a mayor and cabinet drawn from the councillors; or a mayor and council manager.
		The White Paper does not deal with the issues of local government funding or of reform or replacement of the Council Tax, which is awaiting the final report of the Lyons Review.
		The Local Government Chronicle suggests that the non-metropolitan counties of Cornwall, Shropshire, Durham, Cumbria and Northumberland may fit the government's criteria, and that the government is unlikely to favour carving out unitary authorities from existing two-tier counties.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Local_government_in_the_United_Kingdom (4413 words)

	Equality and Diversity in Local Government in England - Literature Review - Communities and Local Government (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		By the end of the 1980s, equal opportunities policies in local government had been partly discredited; in particular, equal opportunities were associated by some with 'loony left' councils.
		However, while the success of equal opportunities policies in local government were questioned, it should be acknowledged that local government was in advance of the private sector in addressing these issues.
		One of the biggest challenges for local government is to overcome the high levels of disinterest in both local elections and local authority activities generally.
	www.communities.gov.uk /index.asp?id=1136825 (1097 words)

	Equality and Diversity in Local Government in England - Research Report - Communities and Local Government (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The government considers equality and diversity to be an essential element of the modernisation agenda for local government.
		The need for local authorities to develop more strategic and creative approaches to community engagement and involvement was recognised by many of the research participants.
		There is a growing awareness of England's diverse population, and recognition of the mounting pressures on councils to respond to the new demands and accountabilities this creates, in relation both to staff issues and services.
	www.communities.gov.uk /index.asp?id=1136850 (2103 words)

	Administrative divisions of England - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A map of England with shire counties pink, metropolitan and London boroughs purple, and unitary authorities red.
		For the purposes of local government, England is divided into as many as four levels of administrative divisions.
		England is divided by the Lieutenancies Act 1997 into areas for the appointment of Lord-Lieutenants, who are historically the Crown's representative in a county.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Local_government_in_England (861 words)

	National Guidance Research Forum - Equality and Diversity in Local Government in England: A Literature Review.
		In contrast, ethnic minority employees are, on average, under-represented in local authority workforces relative to their population size in England.
		Overall, it should be noted that local government has achieved much that neither the private employment sector nor national government have achieved.
		Having said that, the equal opportunities policies of local authorities, and their commitment to implementing them meaningfully are obviously still attractive features of local authority employment for women and ethnic minority people.
	www.guidance-research.org /EG/equal-opps/EOINT/refs/EOrewhylit (557 words)

	GNN - Government News Network
		Local authorities in England are committed to meeting the needs of disabled citizens, new research published by the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) shows.
		Today's report - 'Able Authorities: the Disability Discrimination Act, Local Authorities and Disabled People' - was commissioned by DCLG to examine how local authorities were implementing the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 and preparing to meet requirements of the legislation which came into effect in October 2004.
		It also shows that local authorities need to be much more proactive in considering and meeting the needs of disabled people as equal citizens.
	www.gnn.gov.uk /content/detail.asp?NewsAreaID=2&ReleaseID=216452 (972 words)

	Deloitte UK, Deloitte Research UK, Public Sector, local government reorganisation, white paper, reform, restructure - ...
		The UK government is currently considering the case for reorganising local government in England as part of a White Paper which is expected to be published in Autumn 2006.
		Local government in England, Scotland and Wales went through a major reorganisation during the 1990s.
		Local authorities need to be more proactive in using reorganisation as an opportunity to transform their working practices.
	www.deloitte.com /dtt/article/0,1002,sid=2857&cid=128503,00.html (437 words)

	Streamlining the cities: Government proposals for reorganising local government in Greater London and the Metropolitan ...
		Government proposals for reorganising local government in Greater London and the Metropolitan counties
		A decade after the reorganisation of local government in England and Wales in 1974, the UK Government outlined its proposals for the abolition of the Greater London Council (GLC) and the six metropolitan county councils (MCCs) - Greater Manchester, Merseyside, South Yorkshire, Tyne and Wear, West Midlands and West Yorkshire.
		Therefore, the Government concluded that the latter's existence could be justified, whereas the GLC and MCCs could not.
	www.bopcris.ac.uk /bopall/ref21456.html (257 words)

	eBay - local government, Cases And Materials On State And Local Government Law, Textbooks, Education items on eBay.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Local Government in England and Wales - W.E.Jackson 1949
		Local Government Law in a Nutshell by David J. McCar...
		W.E.JACKSON - Local government England and Wales - P/B
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	The Boundary Committee for England : Our work : Local government reviews (LGRs)
		Our approach to local government reviews (LGRs) was set out in our Guidance and procedural advice document, which in turn was informed by the Guidance produced by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) to the Committee.
		Each local authority was asked to complete a financial return relating to the model, to assist us in estimating the 'costs of being in business' for new unitary authorities. Further information is available in the financial return section.
		We began the four-stage review on 17 June 2003 and submitted our final recommendations to the Deputy Prime Minister on 25 May 2004.The Local government review overview report explained our approach to the formulation of the draft recommendations and should be read in conjunction with the each draft recommendations report.
	www.boundarycommittee.com /our-work/LocalGovReviews.cfm (796 words)

	British relent on banned report \| CNET News.com
		A local government in England, which had been fighting to stop the distribution of a banned government report on the Net, withdraws from the fight.
		Score a victory for the Internet: A local government in England, which had been fighting to stop the distribution of a banned government report on the Net, has withdrawn from the fight, leaving the other side to claim victory.
		While the council had the legal jurisdiction to fight against Web sites in England, it was unclear whether it had any way to fight against the many Web sites outside its boundaries that picked up the report and put it on their own sites.
	news.com.com /2100-1023-202086.html (513 words)

	Devolution and Local Government -- Jeffery 36 (1): 57 -- Publius: The Journal of Federalism
		at the local level—especially from the Labour Party—and
		of local government, and that the proposed mechanisms of "stakeholder"
		Local government and strategies for decentralization in the "state of the autonomies.".
	publius.oxfordjournals.org /cgi/content/full/36/1/57 (5065 words)

	Ipsos MORI - The Impact Of Inspection And Audit Regimes In Local Government In England (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Impact Of Inspection And Audit Regimes In Local Government In England
		MORI's latest research for the Local Government Association shows local government sees inspection and audit as drivers of council performance.
		Data were weighted to reflect the known profile of councils in England (for political control, CPA scores, types of councils, and geographical areas).
	www.mori.com /polls/2004/lga2.shtml (506 words)

	A New Ethical Framework for Local Government in Scotland
		It is the Government’s agenda to make the radical changes needed to put in place a new conduct regime which will build and secure the people’s trust in those who serve them in their local councils.
		With the advent of the Scottish Parliament, it is particularly important that local authorities are seen to merit their place in the new constitutional settlement.
		The Government is, therefore, committed to replace it with a new comprehensive ethical framework, so that all will know with clarity the conduct expected of those in local government, and will have confidence that any wrongdoing will be rapidly and effectively addressed.
	www.scotland.gov.uk /library/documents3/ethic-03.htm (926 words)

	PERCEPTIONS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN ENGLAND (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		This report from the Department for Communities and Local Government sets out the findings of a qualitative research programme undertaken by BMG Research to examine views and perceptions of local government.
		For most people, "local authority service provision" means refuse collection and recycling, followed by leisure, sporting and recreational facilities, parks and keeping the streets clean.
		Most take very little interest in local politics and are highly cynical about what would motivate a person to stand for election to the council.
	www.publicnet.co.uk /publicnet/ab061101.htm (214 words)

	Employers' Organisation for local government
		The Employers' Organisation (EO) for local government ceased operation on 31 March 2006.
		Local Government Employers (LGE) is the national centre of excellence for local authorities on pay, pensions and employment strategy.
		Established on 3 April 2006 by the Local Government Association, LGE works with local authorities, regional employers and other bodies to lead and create solutions on pay, pensions and the employment contract, to ensure the provision of excellent and affordable local services.
	www.lg-employers.gov.uk /holding.html (224 words)

	In Every Street - 18 March 2006 - New Scientist
		I used to work in local government in northern England.
		"Every" was the family name of the residents of the local hall, and the family's arms were depicted on the sign.
		The local phone directory has two entries under the name Every, both of them knights.
	www.newscientist.com /article/mg18925430.900-in-every-street.html (274 words)

	Local Government Association (LGA)
		Four out of five adults of all ages expect help from their council if they have basic care needs when they reach old age - even though all of these services could be withdrawn completely by 2009, a new report by the Local Government Association has revealed.
		The LGA commissioned Ipsos/MORI to ask people what kind of financial assistance they would expect to receive from their local authority for basic care that will help them live independently in their own homes.
		Only ten per cent of respondents said they would expect to pay for all their basic care - although 100 per cent of people with low and moderate needs could have to do that within the next three years if current trends continue.
	www.lga.gov.uk (293 words)

	LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN EUROPE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Edited by: Richard Batley, Senior Lecturer in Local Government Studies, University of Birmingham, and Gerry Stoker, Professor of Politics, University of Strathclyde
		Written by experts from all over Europe, this book provides an overview of issues and developments in European local government and in-depth analysis of its changing status, functions, management and control in each of the main countries.
		'Local Government in Europe' is a stimulating and thought-provoking book, well produced and attractively presented by the publishers, which adds to the incentive to read it rather than just buy it and shelve it for future use' - John Benington, Public Administration
	www.publicnet.co.uk /publicnet/re980720.htm (110 words)

	local.gov.uk \| Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Council leaders have set out their bold new vision for how power should be removed from Whitehall and put into the hands of local people, voluntary organisations and local councils.
		4ps is the local government project procurement agency and offers independent advice to all local authorities enabling them to improve their procurement capability.
		The gateway to news, information, resources and services for local authorities provided by the national local government organisations.
	www.local.gov.uk /default.asp?sID=1 (249 words)

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