The Lyons Inquiry into 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)