Local Government and Devolution

This podcast is part of the DILEMMAS programme providing background for those wrestling with strategy and planning for the coming period.

Stimulate your thinking and planning and review your assumptions about government policy. This programme can be listened to as a continuous streamed podcast. Supported by:

Delivering Services and Facilities for Gypsies and Travellers

This event is supported by The National Association of Gypsy and Traveller Officers (NAGTO), the National Federation of Gypsy Liaison Groups and the Irish Traveller Movement in Britain.

  This is a one day conference for local authority officers, public health officials, education and housing authorities and police and community groups working with and representing Gypsies and Travellers.

Local Accountability & Governance

Understanding control, risk, scrutiny and leadership in alternative service models Westminster Studio, London SW1

Get insider briefings, discover what works, get key strategic insights and view specialist sessions relevant to your work Watch the conference online.

The Future of Local Government Audit

Westminster Studio, London SW1

Communities Secretary, Eric Pickles, has announced plans to disband the Audit Commission. The intention is to have new arrangements in place for auditing England's local public bodies by 2012/13. What will this mean for councils and accountability? What will it mean for local government audit? How will the landscape change? Sector leaders and audit experts at this conference explored best practice and provided vital solutions to those w...

The Power of Local Government

Bigger Powers, better buying, leaner working. 2nd Annual Conference. To be held at 76 Portland Place, London W1.

To achieve more with less, local authorities are now looking to identify new ways to make use of the power of general competence, freedom to innovate, and the ability to combine to create flexible financially-viable solutions for their localities. Local government needs to adjust to the powers that localism gives them, learn how to mobilise new revenue streams, make the most of assets, use their procurement power more commerciall...

The Work Programme

National Conference. To be held at Westminster Studio, 10 Greycoat Place, London, SW1

The Work Programme, announced within the 2010 Spending Review, is set to replace the current Welfare to Work Agenda - emphasising the need for tailored support. The Work Programme contracts will be worth between £3-5bn over seven years and organisations will be paid using the benefit savings made from getting people into work. It is hoped that these initiatives will support more than one million people back into wor...

The MJ and Pitney Bowes Business Insight Roundtable

Live broadcast from the Hilton Hotel Edinburgh Follow the discussions on Twitter with #mjpitney

Chaired by Michael Burton, editor of The MJ, this discussion provided the opportunity to discuss the different approaches local authorities are taking to cuts, ...

Implications of the riots for community organising

part of the Locality roundtable series

This live broadcast roundtable event discussed the range of implications and connections between the recent riots and the Community Organiser programme. Locality has identified that their response needs to be immediate, meanwhile and for the long term. The discussion inc...

Seaside Towns Economic Partnership Roundtable

Part of a series of roundtable discussions hosted by Locality. This event on 22nd August 2011 brought together the partners devel...

Localism promoting collaboration: Redefining LSPs from the ground up

Held at Westminster Studios, Central London

This conference was a must-attend for anyone involved in the delivery and implementation of effective local partnerships. Attendees had the opportunity to explore new legislation, best practice in partnership delivery and shared services.

The Future of Library Services in the Big Society

Shared Services, Social Enterprise, Volunteering and Private Sector Collaboration. 6th National Conference.

This conference brought together senior-level library and information management professionals from local authorities and the wider cultural sector in order to discuss emerging policy issues and share best practice from across the country.

Commissioning in Social Enterprise: Breakfast Briefing

Mutual and Social Enterprise Series 2011. Held at Westminster Studio, London SW1

This breakfast seminar provided an opportunity to discuss and debate effective commissioning strategies in light of public sector reform. More specifically, the issues of payment by result, competition law and promoting equality in bids were addressed.

Employee Mutuals

Mutual and Social Enterprise Series 2011: Setting up mutuals and social enterprises. Held at Westminster Studio, London SW1

This conference provided an opportunity to find out the determining issues for the successful formulation of employee mutuals either as a stand alone enterprise or part of a wider social enterprise.

Local Enterprise Partnerships

2nd National Conference. Held in Manchester

This conference brought together council leaders and directors of economic development, learning and social policy with leaders from local commerce and industry to discuss emerging national policy and local good practice around sub-regional working.

Social Enterprise, Mutuals and Spinning Out: A Guide in Finance

Mutual and Social Enterprise Conferences Series 2011. Social Enterprise, Mutuals and Spinning Out: A Guide in Finance. Held at Westminster Studios, London SW1

Finance, procurement, and commissioning teams may already have experience of working with mutuals or social enterprise; many charities and professional organisations operate under this status so the typical finance director may be familiar with their structure and modus operandi. Under the new environment there will be significant growth of new organisations with a social purpose, some of which may be formed by existing public se...

New MONEY for COUNCILS

New Service Models and Revenue Generation for Local Government. National Conference held in Westminster, Central London

This conference provided senior level local government officials the opportunity to hear new and innovative ideas from the most entrepreneurial councils who shared best practice in delivering new service models, managing assets and taking new revenue opportunities.

Delivering Services for Gypsies and Travellers

As some light is shed on the likely impact of the Comprehensive Spending Review new challenges and opportunities are exposed. Amongst them, sector professionals need to look at the impact of the suspension of Gypsy and Traveller site grants, the New...

Initiating Mutuals & Social Enterprises

Mutual and Social Enterprise Broadcast Series 2011. Leadership Skills, Governance, Legal Properties. Held at Westminster Studio, London SW1

This conference and TV programme was put together with the leading organisations working in the field and is the first in a series which gives delegates the opportunity to hear from sector leaders, academics and government who will explore best practice in leadership, finance, service models, governance and legal proprieties. This was a ‘must attend’ event for councils considering commissioning or venturing...

Community Based Budgeting

The Next Step in Total Place. National Conference held at Westminster Studio, London

Strategically timed for just before the inception of the 16 community budget pilots, this conference built on experience of what works - and what doesn’t - while setting out the future of community based budgeting. Delegates had the opportunity to hear from sector leaders, academics and the Government who informed on best practice and future policy developments.

Local Government Behaviour Change

Community engagement with a purpose. Held at Westminster Studio, London SW1 as well as a satellite hub in Wigan

This conference brought together sector leaders to explore the future role of behaviour change to increase productivity, deal with budget cuts, facilitate partnership working and, most importantly, look to new measures to communicate both internally and externally to ensure we all achieve the ‘Big Society’.

The Future of Transparency in Local Government

Held at Westminster Studio, London

  We would like to thank the sponsor of today's broadcast:     This conference, strategically timed for just before the January 2011 deadline, looked to the future of transparency in local governme...

Breakthrough services in Local Government

Shared services and process redesign for efficiency and transformation

This conference shed light on how local public service organisations are redesigning services and offered practical advice for senior managers who are leading change.

Public Services Summit

"Social security to social productivity" New Opportunities for Public Sector Reform. Held at the RSA, London

This summit discussed the political and economic landscape post spending review and assessed the opportunities for re-fashioning public services along the lines proposed by the 2020 Public Services Commission.  

Tackling Worklessness through Local Partnerships

2nd Annual Conference. Held in central London

This conference brought together local authorities and key partners to discuss the shifting policy landscape and share good practice around raising skills, boosting ambition and overcoming barriers to work for communities.

Local and Regional Enterprise Partnerships

Held in Birmingham

This conference brought together council leaders and directors of economic development, learning and social policy with leaders from local commerce and industry to discuss emerging national policy and local good practice around sub-regional working.

Social Enterprise and Public Service Reform

A right to request and a right to bid. Held in Manchester

This national conference looked at the opportunities and implications of the “right to request” and the “right to bid” out different business and delivery models being adapted and implemented by local authorities and health service providers.

Reform: Can Cannock Cope?

Public Meeting about Public Services ‘Question Time’ style

The Coalition Government has committed to the biggest cost-cutting programme in living memory in order to eliminate the structural deficit within the term of this Parliament. How will local regions respond to national spending cuts? This event provided an opportunity to have a say about the future of Cannock Chase and how to get more in a time of less. Speakers:   Philip Atkins, Leader, Stafford...

Autumn of Decision - Local Government

Broadcast seminar and evening reception. Held at Policy Review Westminster Studio, 10 Greycoat Place, London SW1P 1SB from 17:30 - 20:00

An evening reception and live broadcast discussion on the outlook for the local government sector including the 20th October announcements, legislation and reform. Discussions were led by the following distinguished panel of leading local government policy makers and commentators:   John Atkinson, Managing Director, Local Government Leadership Steve Freer, Chief Executive, CIPFA

Local Strategic Partnerships

9th National Conference. Aligning resources to empower localities. Held at The King's Fund, London

This event provided one of the first opportunities post-election to discuss, debate and benchmark the evolving roles of Local Strategic Partnerships.

Re-modelling Library Services

5th National Conference. Adaptation through innovation. Held at the Bloomsbury Hotel, London

This conference brought together senior-level library and information management professionals from local authorities and the wider cultural sector in order to discuss emerging policy issues and share best practice from across the country.

The Future for Local Government

Annual Leadership Conference. Speakers included John Atkinson, Managing Director, Leadership Centre for Local Government

As the first major post-election overview of local government, this conference provided vital information and insider perspectives on the financial challenges and opportunities ahead.

Community Consultation

8th Annual Conference. Hard choices, engagement and localism. Held at The Kings Fund, London

This conference examined the implications of “Total Place” and the new movements of localism for consultations, outlining how separate public bodies can consult together.

Delivering Services for Gypsies and Travellers

8th Annual Conference. “Celebrating culture, supporting independence and moving beyond past injustice”. Held in central London

This conference, developed in partnership with the National Association of Gypsy and Traveller Officers, attempted to answer some challenging questions and assist local authorities and partners having to make tough decisions about where to allocate sparse resources.

Welfare to Work

A Watershed in Welfare. Held in central London

This conference advised local authorities, jobcentres, social enterprises and public bodies on the likely direction of government policy in this area and shared best practice around the contracting and delivery of welfare to work.

TOTAL PLACE

A new opportunity? Held at The Grand Connaught Rooms, London

The second in the series, this conference, held in association with The MJ, Leadership Centre for Local Government and Communities and Local Government looked at the latest developments in total place agenda. Read: 'The lessons so far from the Total Place pilots'

Comprehensive Area Assessments

2nd Annual Conference. Held at Inmarsat Conference Centre, London

This conference helped local authorities and partners to integrate citizen-backed evidencing of CAA outcomes into their daily operations in order to improve performance and reduce unnecessary inspection.

Tackling Worklessness through Local Partnerships

Held at the Bloomsbury Hotel, London

This conference brought together local authorities and key partners to share strategy and best practice in driving forward the Government’s worklessness agenda at the local level.

Local Better Regulation Office

Working Together for Better Local Regulation. Held at London Hilton Metropole

This conference brought together local authorities and regulators to discuss the future of regulation.

Transforming Public Services

Working together - delivering excellence, efficiency and value for money 5th Annual Conference. Held at Ramada Manchester Piccadilly Hotel, Manchester

This conference brought together representatives from the public, private and third sectors to discuss the Government's latest strategies on modernising public services through transformational change.

Creating Social Enterprises

Public Service Delivery Through Social Enterprise. Held at the Royal Institute of British Architects, London

An important and timely one day conference for local government and health leaders charged with developing and working with social enterprise relationships to deliver public service outcomes.

Local Area Agreements

5th Annual Conference. Held at the Barbican Centre, London

Delegates heard from best practice and learned how to demonstrate that their Local Area Agreements are effective.

Re-Skilling for Recovery in your Region

Working to put the right skills in the right place in preparing for economic upturn. Held at Cavendish Conference Centre, London

This conference brought together representatives from across the learning and skills, local authority and regional development sectors to set out how regional partnerships must work together to lift the UK’s regions out of recession.

Total Place

Focusing funding on places – not institutions. Held at Cavendish Conference Centre

Public services must accelerate how well they are working together. Public spending melt down and increased expectations from citizens are combining to change the way public services are delivered. This change must happen at a local level. This conference, in partnership with The MJ, brought together the senior managers from across local areas that are tasked with making this happen.

Promoting Local Democracy

Involving and Reconnecting Communities. Held in central London

This conference brought together central government, local government and partners to learn how to involve communities in local decision making, and reconnect them with the democratic process.

Local Strategic Partnerships

Keynote address: Bob Neill MP, Shadow Minister for Local Government

This seminal conference addressed critical issues such as how LSPs can have their say at the regional level, LAA delivery across two tiers, place shaping, performance management and private/transport sector involvement. The event provided local authorities and their partners with valuable policy insights.

Delivering Services for Gypsies and Travellers

Increasing Inclusion and Improving Healthcare. Held at Inmarsat Conference Centre, London

This event examined the pressing issues facing those responsible for developing services for Gypsies and Travellers. Delegates were brought up to speed on policy and the responsibilities of the new Homes and Communities Agency, as well as the latest thinking around conflict resolution, capacity building and site design good practice.

A new approach to local regeneration and economic development

Held at Cavendish Conference Centre, London and live on policyreview.tv

Bringing together chief executives and senior regeneration managers from local authorities, regional development agencies, the private sector and other stakeholders, this conference provided an update on the direction of the Government’s regeneration and local economic development policy and allowed delegates to share their experiences of regeneration in a recession. Keynote speaker: Rt Hon Hazel Blears MP, Secretary of State, Communi...

Community Consultation 2009

7th Annual Conference held in association with Ipsos MORI and The Consultation Institute

This event enabled delegates from across local authorities, health, police and associated stakeholders to come together to discuss and understand the latest developments around engaging with local communites. Over half of local authorities have selected ‘Community Engagements’ as a priority within their Local Area Agreement. Feedback from the Comprehensive Area Assessment consultation indicates that priorities will be assessed b...

Using Local Powers to Drive Local Economies

Held at Prospero House, London

Pioneering local authorities have refused to be downtrodden by the impacts of the current economic downturn. Several have adopted forms of economic activism and municipal innovation and the Government is promising to extend further powers to support this initiative. Necessity and a growing political consensus for more local devolution and accountability are combining to throw up new ideas for driving economic recovery, increasing choice, im...

The New Comprehensive Area Assessment

The Audit Commission published the new Framework for the CAA in February 2009, ready to be put in to practice in April. Held by The MJ, with support from the Improvement and Development Agency, this national conference brought together key players across local government to discuss progress, opportunities and challenges in the lead up to the implementation of the CAA, whilst providing a forum for delegates to begin to understand their relat...

Reinvigorating Communities

A Smith Institute lecture sponsored by Policy Review Magazine

A series of lectures to reflect on how to reinvigorate our communities. How do we support a sense of ‘domestic community’ where the needs of families and women are taken into full account in the policy making process? Is the current level and nature of immigration positive or negative for the UK, socially, economically and culturally? Has our historic policy of multiculturalism led to a more integrated society or to more polarised communities...

Housing, Regeneration and the Credit Crunch

Strengthening communities through tougher times. Held at the Barbican Conference Centre, London

Please note: The podcasts for the speakers in the first session of this event are not available for listening on this site due to a technical problem. The UK is experiencing its first sharp economic downturn since the 1990s. This creates a set of new and unique challenges for senior managers in local government. This conference looked at the impact of a slowing housing market on local government. The impact of this credit crunch, and a pote...

Lost in Transformation?

NWeGG Annual Conference

The Transformational Government Agenda is becoming an increasingly important tool in reforming and shaping the future of public services. The 4th Annual NWeGG Conference brought together representatives from the public, private and third sectors and heard from the Government on its latest strategy to modernise public services through Transformational Change. The conference examined the key role that technology can play in redesigning servic...

Reinvigorating Communities

A Smith Institute lecture sponsored by Neil Stewart Associates

A series of lectures to reflect on how to reinvigorate our communities. How do we support a sense of ‘domestic community’ where the needs of families and women are taken into full account in the policy making process? Is the current level and nature of immigration positive or negative for the UK, socially, economically and culturally? Has our historic policy of multiculturalism led to a more integrated society or to more polarised communities...

Economic Prosperity

Third Annual Conference - Sub-regional partnerships delivering growth

Last year’s Sub-national Review of economic development and regeneration (SNR) paved the way for local authorities and their partners to work together – unconstrained by traditional geographical boundaries – through Multi Area Agreements (MAAs). This brought together a key audience to understand the scale and potential for the new MAAs to work within economic areas fundamentally to change the way complex economic issues ar...

Better Local Regulation

Prosperity and Protection

Regulatory services are going through a challenging period of reform. The Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act will put in place new requirements which will enhance the work of local authorities and national regulators in protecting citizens and promoting prosperity. This conference was an opportunity for decision makers from the regulation, business and consumer sectors to come together to understand how best to deliver the latest poli...

Local Area Agreements

4th Annual Conference - Delivering the Vision held at Hotel Russell, London

As local authorities have signed off their first Local Area Agreements (LAAs) this event came at a crucial time for the sector offering delegates a forum to take stock and evaluate how their LAA is working and to look at future challenges. Delegates considered how their LAA will contribute to 2009's Comprehensive Area Assessment, examined how to identify areas where partners may struggle to meet targets and considered when, where and wh...

Skills and Employment for the Regions

7th Annual Conference - joining up local skills, preparing for 2010

Bringing together senior representatives from further education and training providers, Local Authorities, RDAs, SSCs and employers, this conference mapped a course through the complex policy landscape for regional skills and economic development and examined how effectively to join up the work of all partners on the skills and regeneration agenda. The Leitch Review and “World Class Skills” positioned skills at the heart of the ...

Delivering Choice-Based Lettings

4th Annual Conference- Enhancing Choice and Mobility

The drive towards the personalisation of public services continues at great pace and Choice-Based Lettings schemes are well placed to deliver. But challenges remain to meet the Government’s target of 100% local authority take-up of the scheme by 2010, coupled with the roll out of sub-regional schemes and enhanced housing options. For local authorities and housing associations, this conference provided the latest guidance to deliver Ch...

Financing the Future of Local Government

Held at Inmarsat Conference Centre, London

Councils are performing better than ever before as demonstrated by CPA results. Government, however, is calling for local authorities to work ‘smarter’ to enable better services for the community. Hearing from politicians, senior practitioners and stakeholders this conference provided the forum for delegates to consider the potential to raise new revenue streams in order to lead to service improvements.

Empowerment in Action

Accountability - Consultation - Leadership. Held at Jurys Great Russell Street Hotel, London

A new wave of change is hitting civic institutions demanding they be more responsive and accountable to their neighbourhoods and communities. The ‘empowerment' white paper published on 9 July outlined proposals to make this happen. This event set out how local authorities can demonstrate strong and visible local leadership, whilst at the same time providing more opportunities through neighbourhoods, new forms of consultation and f...

Community Ownership of Assets

Creating Strong and Sustainable Communities. Held at Cavendish Conference Centre, London

Since the publication of the Quirk Review of barriers and incentives to community ownership of assets in 2007, the Government has, by setting out to implement the recommendations in full, shown commitment to increase the number of asset transfers from local authorities to community organisations. To date this has resulted in the announcement of 80 target pilot areas, more community management and ownership of assets and increased funding. B...

Understanding London Life

Ipsos MORI Social Research Institute Event held in central London

With the election of a new mayor, this Ipsos MORI event looked at the challenges facing London in terms of quality of life and NHS, local government and policing. In particular, the question of why it is that outer London has some of the most dissatisfied residents with councils and hospitals in Britain compared to inner London, was explored. Based on a new in-depth analysis of over 41,000 interviews, this conference looked at the issues facin...

Creating Enterprising Places

Strengthening local economies and communities through enterprise. Held at New Connaught Rooms, London

Supported by the Make your Mark campaign and the Municipal Journal, this conference looked at the role of enterprise in unlocking talent, reducing worklessness and shaping places. It examined how local authorities, working with local and regional partners, can promote and support enterprise to tackle cross-cutting priorities and build on the plan in the Government’s Sub-national Review. Delegates had the opportunity to reflect on the ...

Local Strategic Partnerships '08

7th Annual Conference held at Inmarsat Conference Centre, London

Strong and Prosperous Communities promised to strengthen Local Strategic Partnerships (LSPs). The ‘duty to involve’ is a key element of the framework being introduced by the Local Government & Public Involvement in Health Act 2007. LSPs have been placed in a key position within local governance to ensure local priorities are met. Supported by IDeA this event examined the findings of the consultation on guidance. Presentation...

Creative Communities

3rd National Conference held at BT Convention Centre, Liverpool

Promoting participation in the arts, cultural and creative activities has a profound effect on deprived neighbourhoods and their communities. Embedding arts and cultural projects into community plans and Local Area Agreements can unlock new funding routes and help local authorities achieve statutory outcomes and shape places. Creative Communities is the national conference for strategic decision makers working in regeneration, neighbourhood...

Developing Services for Gypsies and Travellers

Providing Sites and Security of Tenure. Held at Earls Court, London

Accommodation is key to the well-being of Gypsies and Travellers; it provides access to local public services as well as helping in solving local tensions with the settled community. Government has introduced a policy framework to increase site provision to meet the accommodation needs of Gypsies and Travellers including legislation which places a duty on local authorities to assess need and identify potential sites in development plan docu...

Community Consultation

6th Annual Conference - Empowering Communities - held at Hotel Russell, London

Never before has speaking and listening to local communities been so high on the political agenda. From April 2009 local authorities will have the duty to inform, involve and consult. How well this happens will feed directly into the new Comprehensive Area Assessment. The Empowerment Action Plan, launched by Hazel Blears, Communities’ Secretary in October 2007, aims to stimulate local Councils to encourage greater public participation...

Delivering the future of housing for older people

for older people and an ageing population

This event explored the importance of planning a coherent housing strategy for the ageing population.

The New Local Government Landscape

This conference heard from a variety of senior figures involved in the current change process in local government. Delegates heard that authorities need the support of their politicians to drive through change and that reorganisation is all about outcomes – it will and must deliver better and more efficient services for citizens. Speakers also explored how local government must retain talent in the transition and that shared services don’t...

Extending low cost home ownership support

held at Jurys Hotel London

This event will be of interest to anyone involved in housing across government, the public and private sector. The Housing Green Paper is discussed and the future of low cost home ownership - how new low cost home ownership schemes are being developed, the relationship between affordability and supply, how assistance can be better managed and information on the effectiveness of schemes is improved and – ultimately – ensuring sch...

MKSM - The Growth Agenda: Sub-regional solutions

Milton Keynes and South Midlands Partnership The Growth Agenda: Sub-regional solutions

This event includes video, podcasts and PowerPoint presentations from all the main stakeholders in the Milton Keynes and South Midlands Partnership. The keynote speech is from Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Communities and Local Government Iain Wright MP.

New Look Local Area Agreements

Speakers at this conference included Local Government Minister John Healey MP, Cllr Sir Simon Milton Chair of the Local Government Association, Michael O’Higgins Chair of the Audit Commission and Lucy de Groot Executive Director at the Improvement and Development Agency.

Economic Prosperity: The Sub-National Contribution

The sub-national review of economic development reported in July this year. The purpose of this review is to strengthen economic performance in regions, cities and localities across England. The review proposed reforms in four key areas: Empowering local authorities to promote economic development; Support for local authorities to work together at the sub-regional level; Strengthening the regional level and central government’s relati...

Delivering Choice-Based Lettings

The 3rd national Choice-Based Lettings conference brings together over 200 chief executives and directors from local authorities and housing associations to find out first the latest policy developments and initiatives in Choice-Based Lettings. This year’s event comes in the wake of the Hills and Cave Inquiries which highlight ‘the remarkable success of CBL in the context of an ever tighter social housing market’. But as t...

Barker Review of Housing Supply: three years on

Campaign for More & Better Homes

PURPOSE OF THE CONFERENCE * Review the progress made since the original Barker Review of Housing Supply in March 2004 and the challenges that lay ahead in meeting future housing demand * Hear government plans to address housing need including recommendations from the Cross-cutting Review into Supporting Housing Growth, as well as priorities for CSR07 * Discuss plans for achieving Zero Carbon Homes by 2016 and identify the incentives for inc...

Financing the Future of Local Government

In the context of the 2007 Comprehensive Spending Review, which will set central government's spending objectives until 2011, this NLGN event provided the first opportunity following the local elections to discuss the implications of the CSR on local government funding. The government is committed to respond to the recent Lyons Inquiry at the CSR and this event was an opportunity to hear first hand debates over potential reform. Delegat...

The Lyons Inquiry: Final Report & Recommendations

This major national conference led by the Lyons Inquiry gave delegates the opportunity to hear final recommendations direct from Sir Michael. The conference provided attendees with the opportunity to debate the impact of the report with senior figures in the field and consider the opportunities that lie ahead for ‘place-shaping’ at a local level. Delegates had an opportunity to consider in detail key themes of: economic prosperi...

Behaviour Change

draws on social psychology, economics and behavioural science as well as early interventions and social media

Summary This management briefing contains presentations from experts who explain their experiences of applying behaviour change techniques to the wider society.  Public bodies have previously sought to change the behaviour of their citizens through legislation, regulation, fiscal measures and information. Innovative 'nudge' behaviour techniques have been ...

Income Generation for Local Government

This policy briefing contains presentations from experts who share their experience of innovative income generation techniques.

Summary Local government is well rehearsed in the need to increase efficiency and reduce spend, but during these well documented periods of austerity, it is important to look to new measures of income generation. Generating income is about more than increasing congestion, waste and parking charges. It is about restructuring service models to make use of assets, mutuals, social enterprises, co-payments ...

Social Enterprise

This policy briefing contains carefully selected video presentations, a detailed research index and supporting documents, including case studies. The briefing is an ideal training tool for senior managers covering the key areas of policy development, future strategy and best practice.

Summary This policy briefing contains presentations from experts who explain their experiences of applying mutual and social enterprise models to the wider society. Mutual and social enterprise models are a recognised way of engaging staff in the ownership of change and innovation. An increased focus from media and from politicians on ‘employee ownership’, ‘mutual ownership’, &l...