Strong and prosperous communities

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Strong and prosperous communities

• The Local Government White Paper
• Kris Hibbert, 6 December 06

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New arrangements for governance (Stronger
Leadership)

• Directly elected mayor with a 4 Year term
• Directly elected executive with a 4 year term
• Indirectly elected leader with a 4 year term

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Brings together elements of .

• Every Child Matters
• Healthier Communities Our health, our care,
  our say
• Police Justice Bill

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New Performance Framework I

• No more CPA (Comprehensive Performance
  Assessment)/star ratings
• Comprehensive Area Assessments
• Proportionate- Inspection when triggered by
  annual risk assessment
• From 600 -1200 PIs to 200 (35 in LAA)
• New Health Social Care Inspectorate
• Risk based

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New Performance Framework I I

• Direction of Travel
• Use of resources and performance against national
  indicators
• Single performance framework for everything done
  by LAs in partnership with health bodies
• Inclusion of citizen satisfaction perspective
  measures reflecting what people think in the set
  of national indicators
• Coordinating role of Government Offices (GOL
  Government Office for London)

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Community Call for Action (CCfA)

• CCfA Frontline councillors to trigger action in
  relation to any matter either by resolving
  problems themselves or referring it to OS
  Committee
• Started with Police Justice Bill
• To extend to all local government matters

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Strengthening Overview Scrutiny

• OS to take on CCsfA on range of subjects
• Right to require local service providers e.g.
  social services to provide evidence when
  requested and for the committee to recommend an
  independent inspection
• To scrutinise response of Las and PCTs to reports
  of Directors of Public Health on improving health
  of local population

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Local Area Agreement (LAA)

• Duty LA prepare LAA in consultation with others
  (PCTs, NHS Health Trusts and Foundation Trusts)
• More area based funding streams into LAA pooled
  funding pot by April 09
• Also possibility of Multi Area Agreement (MAA)
  city/London wide

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Local Strategic Partnership (LSP)

• LAs to take leading roles in main LSP and themed
  sub groups
• Strategic partnership for health wellbeing
  under the LSP

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Sustainable Community Strategies

• Community to be involved in developing SCS
• Local Area Agreement (LAA) to be delivery plan of
  SCS

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Local Involvement Networks (LINks)

• Statutory duty for LAs to establish LINks (DH A
  Stronger Local Voice)
• New bodies designed to involve local people in
  shaping services and priorities of health
  social care bodies
• LINks will have power to refer matters of concern
  to OS

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Statutory duty to cooperate

• Duty of public bodies to cooperate
• Includes YOT (Youth Offending Team) and Learning
  Skills Council (LSC)
• Duty public sector partners to agree Local Area
  Agreement (LAA) targets

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Commissioning

• Encourage commissioning of services rather than
  directly delivering
• Joint commissioning between partners
• Use Voluntary Sector/Third Sector to deliver
  particularly to hard to reach groups
• As part of Best Value encourage more
  consultation challenge by users and commission
  new providers
• Work with LGA to develop capacity of officers for
  this
• Dept Health to publish guidance on commissioning
  for health and well-being

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Councillors

• Councillors as democratic champions bedrock of
  local democracy
• Encourage LGA and political parties to work
  together to improve recruitment of candidates for
  local elections from non-traditional backgrounds
• Work with LGA, IDeA Leadership Centre through
  regional improvement partnerships (Capital
  Ambition)
• To promote
• Clearly defined role for Cllrs championing
  interests of their communities
• Greater diversity of Cllrs
• Capacity building support for Cllrs to take on
  enhanced role

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Roles for frontline councillors

• Community Call for Action (CCfA)
• Changes to enable councillors to comment on
  planning licensing (currently often precluded
  because of close interest)
• Work with community groups to access
  opportunities with the LA

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Cabinet Members

• Portfolio holder for Community Safety to play a
  key role on Crime Disorder Reduction
  Partnership (CDRP)
• Lead Member for Adult Services to play leading
  role on new Strategic Health Wellbeing
  Partnership
• Cabinet member with responsibility for planning
  should be a member of the Planning Committee
  (also suggestion the Executive should make
  planning decisions in some circumstances)

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Communities

• Community cohesion
• Voluntary sector/third sector delivery of
  services
• New duty for LAs take steps where appropriate to
  ensure participation local citizens, local
  voluntary and community groups and businesses
• Easier for communities and community groups to
  take on management or ownership of LA assets
• London can have Parishes (provides flexibility
  not mandatory)