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Key policies
The local government white paper Strong and Prosperous Communities is on the side of individuals and families who want to make a difference, both to their own lives and to the communities in which they live.
Our vision is of revitalised local authorities, working with their partners, to reshape public services around the citizens and communities that use them.
This means changing the way we work to give citizens and communities a bigger say; to enable local partners to respond more flexibly to local needs; to reduce the amount of top-down control from central government - and to enable citizens and communities to play their part.
For a summary of the key proposals contained within local government white paper Strong and Prosperous Communities, please visit the pages below.
In this section
- Responsive services and empowered communities
- Effective, accountable and responsive local government
- Invitations to councils in England to make proposals for future unitary structures or to pioneer, as pathfinders, new two-tier models
- Strong cities, strategic regions
- Local government as a strategic leader and place-shaper
- A new performance framework
- Efficiency - transforming local services
- Community Cohesion
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