A think tank says the Local Enterprise Partnerships being proposed by the Government could become engine rooms for growth and could build on work that has already been done around the country. The New Local Government Network was responding to the announcement of the Regional Growth Fund and information on the new Partnerships sent to councils and business leaders.

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A new survey shows that community organisations have made the most of grants in the last three years and have raised an average of 27 pounds in investment for each pound of funding they received. Now the Adventure Capital Fund says it is vital such support continues if groups are to take on more responsibility for regenerating areas and delivering public services.

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This report from KPMG claims that if public sector productivity growth in the last decade had kept pace with productivity growth in the private sector, the UK could have received the same quality and quantity of public service for £60 billion less per year.

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