Audit Commission for Local Authorities in England and Wales, "Urban Regeneration and Economic Development: The Local Government Dimension" (Book Review)

1990 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Williamson
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Urban Regeneration ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
England And Wales ◽  
Audit Commission

Economic Development in Britain: A Vacuum in Central-Local Government Relations

1986 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 439-450 ◽  
Author(s):  
K Young
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Local Authority ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Local Economic Development ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
Government Relations ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Employment Goals

Local authority involvement in economic matters has become widespread since the early 1970s. Recent developments in the pattern of local economic activity have been the increasing use of section 137 of the Local Government Act 1972 to fund local programmes, the spread of local authority involvement from the Assisted Areas to the more prosperous regions, and the increasing interest shown by the smaller shire districts, often in rural areas. The portfolio of possible interventions has also changed, bringing a new diversity to the practice of local economic development. Whereas central government has in the past eschewed the temptation to exercise close controls over these activities, the new diversity of local economic initiatives presents it with new dilemmas. It can no longer be assumed that such initiatives will be supportive of central government's spatial or sectoral policies. This vacuum in central-local relations is unlikely to remain, and renewed pressures to grant specific economic development powers to local authorities can be expected. If these claims are accepted, central government will be drawn inexorably into local economic affairs by the need to develop the capacity of local authorities to intervene effectively in pursuit of economic and employment goals.

Homelessness: how Parliament’s language affects local government duties

2018 ◽  
pp. 113-146
Author(s):  
Matthew Williams
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Recognition Rate ◽  
Housing Provision ◽  
Policy Effectiveness ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
England And Wales ◽  
Law And Policy ◽  
History Of ◽  
Legislative Language

This chapter examines how legislative language affects local government duties by looking to homelessness law and policy. To test whether legislative language is a variable for explaining policy effectiveness, and more specifically how indeterminate legislation impacts the accountability of policy delivery, the chapter uses data from local government housing decisions in England and Wales. It first provides a brief history of local government housing provision, placing emphasis on the meaning of ‘homelessness’, as well as the powers and duties of local authorities, before discussing the theory, hypotheses, methodology, data and results of the study. The adjectives ‘vulnerable’ and ‘likely’ were found to exert a strong and statistically significant effect on the delivery of homelessness policy in England after 2002. Both words also affected the recognition rate of individuals fleeing violence or threats of violence in England.

scholarly journals Making Progress in Northern Ireland? Evidence from Recent Elections

1998 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 372-393 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colin Knox ◽  
Paul Carmichael
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Northern Ireland ◽  
Public Expenditure ◽  
General Election ◽  
Minor Role ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
Refuse Collection ◽  
Limited Role ◽  
The Media

THE ELECTION OF 582 COUNCILLORS TO NORTHERN IRELAND'S 26 local authorities on 21 May 1997 was eclipsed, to a large extent, by the media focus on the General Election earlier that month (1 May). That little attention is paid to the only elected forum with executive powers in Northern Ireland is neither new nor surprising. Councils in the province have relatively few functional responsibilities, confined principally to the delivery of regulatory services (street cleaning, refuse collection, leisure and tourism and a limited role in economic development); representation on area boards which deliver major services such as education; and a consultative role in relation to planning, roads, water and housing which are delivered through ‘Next Steps’ agencies or similar arm's-length organizations. This minor role is reflected in the level of council budgets. In 1997/98, the estimated net expenditure for local government in Northern Ireland amounts to £230 million, approximately three per cent of identifiable public expenditure.

Ireland’s ‘unique blend’: local government and policy analysis

2021 ◽  
pp. 79-92
Author(s):  
Aodh Quinlivan
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Policy Analysis ◽  
Policy Formulation ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
Constitutional Protection

Chapter Six focuses on the experience of policy analysis in local government. While there are enormous weaknesses within the system of local government in Ireland, including the lack of constitutional protection; low autonomy; few functions; political, administrative, functional and financial centralisation; there is still policy analysis potential. In individual, often uncoordinated ways, local councils play innovative roles in economic development and policy formulation, with local authorities pushing boundaries with a variety of democratic reforms aimed at enhancing participation in policy processes. This mass of contradictions represents a blend of innovation, incrementalism, but also entrenchment of persistent challenges regarding the form, functioning and financing of policy analysis potential of local government.

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