Place-shaping: a shared ambition for the future of local government
Place-shaping: a shared ambition for the future of local government
- Place-shaping: a shared ambition for the future of local government full report, excluding annexes (Adobe Acrobat file, 5,521 kb)
- Executive Summary (Adobe Acrobat file, 2,962 kb)
- Chapter 1 - Local government: a continuing debate (Adobe Acrobat file, 696 kb)
- Chapter 2 - Local government in the 21st century: what is it for? (Adobe Acrobat file, 224 kb)
- Chapter 3 - What is limiting modern local government? (Adobe Acrobat file, 275 kb)
- Chapter 4 - Central government's contribution to reform (Adobe Acrobat file, 408 kb)
- Chapter 5 - Local government's contribution to reform (Adobe Acrobat file, 280 kb)
- Chapter 6 - Funding reform: an introduction (Adobe Acrobat file, 163 kb)
- Chapter 7 - Household taxation and local charges (Adobe Acrobat file, 419 kb)
- Chapter 8 - Business taxation (Adobe Acrobat file, 279 kb)
- Chapter 9 - The funding system and incentives (Adobe Acrobat file, 266 kb)
- Chapter 10 - A developmental approach (Adobe Acrobat file, 163 kb)
- Summary of recommendations (Adobe Acrobat file, 126 kb)
- Terms of reference and acknowledgements (Adobe Acrobat file, 171 kb)
- Implications for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland (Adobe Acrobat file, 94 kb)
- Glossary (Adobe Acrobat file, 101 kb)
- Annex A - Understanding the current grant distribution system (Adobe Acrobat file, 121kb)
- Annex B - Introduction to the modelling used in the report (Adobe Acrobat file, 108kb)
- Annex C - Background to support Chapter 7 (Adobe Acrobat file, 342kb)
- Annex D - Background to support Chapter 8 (Adobe Acrobat file, 136kb)
- Annex E - Background to support Chapter 9 (Adobe Acrobat file, 148kb)
- Annex F - Summary of submissions (Adobe Acrobat file, 167kb)
- Annex G - Stakeholder views on Barker, Eddington and Leitch (Adobe Acrobat file, 133kb)
- Annex H - Research and stakeholder engagement (Adobe Acrobat file, 156kb)
- Supplementary tables and charts (Adobe Acrobat file, 119kb)
- Research report - Perspectives on place-shaping and service delivery (Adobe Acrobat file, 123,500 kb)
- Research report - Lyons Inquiry survey 2007 (Adobe Acrobat file, 1,853 kb)
Lyons Inquiry Discussion Document - 11 December 2006
- Lyons Inquiry discussion document (Adobe Acrobat file 315kb)
Lyons Inquiry Public Deliberation Events
- Executive summary
- Full report (Adobe Acrobat file 702kb)
- Presentation by Sir Michael Lyons (Adobe Acrobat file 50kb)
- Presentation by Ben Page, MORI Social Research Institute (Adobe Acrobat file 283kb)
- Presentation by Jude Cummins, OPM (Adobe Acrobat file 1.01Mb)
- Presentation by Paul Coen, Local Government Association (Adobe Acrobat file 264kb)
- Presentation by Shane Bartley, Chelmsford Borough Council (Adobe Acrobat file 346kb)
2006 Consultation reports
- Councillor engagement consultation report (Adobe Acrobat file 220kb)
- Business round-table events consultation report (Adobe Acrobat file 256kb)
- National Conference report (Adobe Acrobat file 580kb)
National prosperity, local choice and civic engagement: a new partnership between central and local government for the 21st century
- National prosperity, local choice and civic engagement - complete document (Adobe Acrobat file 2.74mb)
- Preface
- Preface (Adobe Acrobat file 862kb)
- Executive summary
- Executive summary (Adobe Acrobat file 102kb)
- Chapter 1 - the context for change (Adobe Acrobat file 120kb)
- Chapter 2 - the benefit of local choice in delivering public services (Adobe Acrobat file 192kb)
- Chapter 3 - place-shaping: what do we want local government to do? (Adobe Acrobat file 204kb)
- Chapter 4 - what needs to change? (Adobe Acrobat file 199kb)
- Annex A - on-going programme of work (Adobe Acrobat file 74kb)
- Annex B - respondents to the Inquiry (Adobe Acrobat file 140kb)
Lyons Inquiry into Local Government: Interim Report and Consultation Paper
- Interim Report - complete document (Adobe Acrobat file 1,018kb)
- Executive summary
- Executive summary (Adobe Acrobat file 77kb)
- Summary (Adobe Acrobat file 183kb)
- Part 1 - local government role and function (Adobe Acrobat file 610kb)
- Part 2 - local government funding (Adobe Acrobat file 382kb)
- Annex A - emerging findings from statistical modelling (Adobe Acrobat file 325kb)
- Annex B - modelling (Adobe Acrobat file 177kb)
- Annex C - stakeholder views (Adobe Acrobat file 782kb)
- Annex D - Lyons Inquiry research and related work (Adobe Acrobat file 284kb)
- Consultation questions - a complete list of the questions raised in the Interim Report
Lyons Inquiry into Local Government: research papers
- International Comparisons of Local Government Finance - Tony Travers (Adobe Acrobat file 300kb)
- Qualitative Research on Public Attitudes to Taxation and Public Services - GfK NOP (Adobe Acrobat file 1,015kb)
- Quantitative Research - BMG Research (Adobe Acrobat file 553kb)
- Options for Reforming Local Government Funding - NERA Literature Review (Adobe Acrobat file 579kb)
- Options for Reforming Local Government Funding: International Comparisons - Cardiff University (Adobe Acrobat file 1.6Mb)
Submissions received by the Lyons Inquiry
- Published submissions received in 2004 and 2005
- Published submissions received between January and May 2006
Lyons Inquiry devolution seminar - 22 June 2005
- Report on a Devolution Seminar held for the Lyons Inquiry - Gerry Stoker (Adobe Acrobat file 199kb)
- The Implications of Local Devolution for Efficiency and Effectiveness in Service Delivery - Steve Martin (Adobe Acrobat file 310kb)
- The Case for Local Devolution Community Cohesion - Vivien Lowndes (Adobe Acrobat file 187kb)
- Local and National Competitiveness: Is Decentralisation Good for the Economy - Ivan Turok (Adobe Acrobat file 249kb)
- Policy Making and Joined Up Government - Martin Smith (Adobe Acrobat file 216kb)
- Devolution for Local Government Individual Choice Services and Personal Responsibility - Perri 6 (Adobe Acrobat file 206kb)