This paper outlines a set of ideas for improving the delivery of public services and strengthening joined up governance in local areas. The ideas have been developed through a 15 month dialogue amongst councils on the Innovation Forum, and with government and other bodies. The ideas and vision are about ways to produce a gear shift in building on and working through Local Strategic Partnerships.The prospectus looks at ways in which some areas might make their LSPs more effective. The vision describes a number of elements that when brought together could help to achieve that aim and it focuses on changes in roles, relationships, and the processes of government. It also describes how best to achieve such change through transformational leadership at local level through the creation of ‘local partnerships with teeth’ or Local Public Service Boards. Council-led Boards would provide a way of local partners working together as an accountable body to commit resources and capacity to deliver real improvements on targets and services that affect people’s quality of life.
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