Lifting the Burdens Task Force

Lefting the burdens task force logo The Task Force is an independent practitioner body that was been set up to by Communities and Local Government to review the bureaucratic and performance management burdens that exist as a consequence of the current relationship between Central and Local Government. The Task Force's remit is to identify which requirements cause the most difficulty on the ground and which add the least value and agree packages of burden reduction with Government. The Task Force is conducting a programme of individual reviews focussing on the nature of the relationships between Government Departments and local government with a view to identifying specific recommendations for change in the way in which local services are monitored, regulated and held to account by sponsor departments.

The Task Force's website can be accessed by the following link: http://www.communities.gov.uk/liftingburdens/. The reviews and recommendations contained on the website are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views or proposed policies of Communities and Local Government.