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Public Statement on Dr Foster Intelligence

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Terms of reference for new thematic partnerships agreed

Terms of reference for the new LSP thematic partnerships were agreed at the LSP Board meeting on Monday 10 December.

» More on terms of reference for thematic partnerships

New governance procedures agreed

New governance procedures for the LSP were approved at the first meeting of the new LSP Board on 4 May.

Governance procedures (PDF)

LSP Review

At its’ meeting on 22 January 2007 the LSP Executive Board agreed all the recommendations contained in the LSP Review Final Report presented by Renaisi Ltd.

The Review was commissioned with the purpose of ensuring that the partnership followed best practice, was equipped to develop and deliver the Local Area Agreement (LAA) and would be assessed as being amongst the best LSPs in the country.

Following agreement of the recommendations, the next stage of the Review will be their implementation and work has already started on drawing up a project plan clarifying who is responsible and under what timescale. Further updates on progress towards implementation will be posted at regular intervals.

LSP Review – Executive Summary ( PDF, 43KB)

LSP Review – Final Report ( PDF, 862KB)

Strong and Prosperous Communities: The Local Government White Paper

(Published by the DCLG Thursday 26 October 2006).

The aim of this White Paper is to give local people and local communities more influence and power to improve their lives. It is about creating strong, prosperous communities and delivering better public services through a rebalancing of the relationship between central government, local government and local people.

Volumes 1,2 and summary downloads