Central-Local Concordat

Published	12 December 2007
Type(s)	Strategies and action plans, Reports and summaries
Site	Local government
Price	Free

Summary

Creating a more participatory democracy requires a healthy representative democracy at local level. It also requires citizens to understand the roles of central and local government, and who can be held responsible for the decisions and services which affect their lives.

Communities and Local Government and the Local Government Association (LGA) have worked together to establish a concordat to govern the relations between central and local government. This establishes for the first time an agreement on the rights and responsibilities of local government, including its responsibilities to provide effective leadership of the local area and to empower local communities where possible.

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