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The Changing Public Service Landscape

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 September 2013

Sue Westcott
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Abstract

This article by Sue Westcott discusses some of the changes in government policy since the election of the Coalition Government and the implications of local decision making for public services. These changes in turn will change the type of sources that will be relevant to legal information work relating to public policy.

Keywords

governmentlocal governmentpublic services
Type
Legal Information and Aspects of Devolution
Information
Legal Information Management , Volume 13 , Issue 3 , September 2013 , pp. 148 - 152
Copyright
Copyright © The Author(s) 2013. Published by British and Irish Association of Law Librarians 

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Footnotes

1 The Coalition: Our Programme for Government. The Prime Minister's Office. 20 May 2010 https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-coalition-documentation

2 Bring in British Summer Time with a beep and save a loved one's life https://www.gov.uk/government/news/bring-british-summer-time-in-with-a-beep-and-save-a-loved-one-s-life

3 Local Audit and Accountability Bill. Plain English Guide. Department of Communities and Local Government 10 May 2013. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-audit-and-accountability-bill-a-plain-english-guide

4 The Government's Digital Strategy. The Cabinet Office November 2012. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-digital-strategy-moves-whitehall-closer-to-being-digital-by-default

5 https://www.gov.uk/broadband-delivery-uk

6 Making local councils more transparent and accountable to local people Department for Communities and Local Government April 2013 https://www.gov.uk/government/policies/making-local-councils-more-transparent-and-accountable-to-local-people

7 Barnet council wins “Clear and complete” £150 million legal victory http://www.barnet.gov.uk/news/article/285/barnet_council_wins_clear_and_complete_150_million_legal_victory

8 Court rules library closures unlawful http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/nov/16/court-challenges-against-library-closures

9 No Stone Unturned in Pursuit of Growth. Department of Business, Innovation and Skills, November 2012. http://www.bis.gov.uk/assets/BISCore/corporate/docs/N/12-1213-no-stone-unturned-in-pursuit-of-growth.pdf and The Government's Response to the Growth Review HM Treasury March 2013. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/governments-response-to-the-heseltine-review-into-economic-growth

10 http://www.redtapechallenge.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/home/index/

11 http://www.redtapechallenge.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/2013/06/consumers-benefit-business-to-save-30m-pa-from-insolvency-reforms/

12 National Planning Policy Framework. Department of Communities and Local Government. March 2012. https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/6077/2116950.pdf

13 Enterprise Zones: Simplified Planning Guidance. Department of Communities and Local Government. September 2011. http://www.lepnetwork.org.uk/assets/files/Guidance%20on%20implementing%20Local%20Development%20Orders%20in%20EZs.pdf

14 Simplifying the welfare system and making sure work pays. Department of Work and Pensions. June 2013. https://www.gov.uk/government/policies/simplifying-the-welfare-system-and-making-sure-work-pays

15 https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/health-and-social-care-act-2012-fact-sheets

16 The Localism Act 2011 Plain English Guide. Department for Communities and Local Government. November 2011 https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/5959/1896534.pdf

17 Giving communities more power in planning local development. Department of Communities and Local Government. March 2013 https://www.gov.uk/government/policies/giving-communities-more-power-in-planning-local-development

18 Historic first as neighbourhood plan is voted in by community. Department of Communities and Local Government March 2013 https://www.gov.uk/government/news/historic-first-as-neighbourhood-plan-is-voted-in-by-community

19 https://www.gov.uk/government/policies/giving-people-more-power-over-what-happens-in-their-neighbourhood

20 Shining a light on council spending could save up to £450 per household Department of Communities and Local Government, June 2011. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/shining-a-light-on-council-spending-could-save-up-to-450-per-household

21 http://www.data.gov.uk/ and Open Data White Paper: Unleashing the Potential. HM Government. June 2012. http://www.data.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Open_data_White_Paper.pdf

22 http://www.data.gov.uk/apps/car-park-finder-uk

23 http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog+politics/government-data

24 Lights, Cameras, Democracy in action. Department for Communities and Local Government. June 2013. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/lights-camera-democracy-in-action