Local government
This page highlights some of the current parliamentary material available on local government. This includes select committee reports, briefing papers on current legislation and other subjects produced by the parliamentary research services, and the latest Early Day Motions put down by MPs.
Standard Notes
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 28.02.2013 | Local, Scottish Parliament, Welsh Assembly and European Parliament elections: Social Indicators page |
| Local, Scottish Parliament, Welsh Assembly and European Parliament elections: Social Indicators page. A summary of recent election results. | |
| 19.02.2013 | Tax increment financing |
| Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg announced on 20 September 2010 that the Coalition Government would allow local authorities to use tax increment financing (TIF) in order to finance infrastructure projects. This would be implemented by the Local Government Finance Bill 2010-12, which is currently awaiting report stage in the House of Commons. | |
| 19.02.2013 | Parish councils: creation and abolition |
| This note describes the procedures for creating and abolishing parish councils. | |
| 15.02.2013 | Community budgets and city deals |
| There have been many recent initiatives to join up or pool budgets between local authorities and other public sector bodies. These have taken various forms since the early 1990s. The latest iteration is a series of pilots of 'community budgets', taking place in fourteen neighbourhoods (within ten different local authorities) and in four 'whole place' areas across local authorities. | |
| 13.02.2013 | The local government resource review |
| The local government resource review, instituted by the Coalition Government, examined different ways of giving English local authorities greater autonomy and financial freedom. The terms of reference to the first stage of the review were published on 17 March 2011, and those for the second phase on 29 June 2011. |
Research Papers
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 08.02.2013 | The Local Government Finance Settlement 2013/14 and 2014/15 |
| The Local Government Financial Settlement is to be debated in the House on 13 February 2013. Start-up funding assessments for non-police local authorities will fall by 4.1% in 2013/14. | |
| 13.12.2012 | Growth and Infrastructure Bill: Committee Stage Report |
| This is a report on the House of Commons Committee Stage of the Growth and Infrastructure Bill. It complements Research Paper 12/61 prepared for Commons Second Reading | |
| 01.11.2012 | Growth and Infrastructure Bill |
| The Growth and Infrastructure Bill seeks to reduce delays in the planning system and to facilitate new development, through various means. It would allow planning obligations (section 106 agreements) relating to affordable housing to be renegotiated. To promote economic growth, it makes provision for a planned revaluation of business rates in England to be postponed and to create a new employment status of employee owner. Its second reading date has been moved from 30 October to 5 November 2012. | |
| 03.10.2012 | Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill: Committee Stage Report |
| This is a report on the Public Bill Committee Stage of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill. It is designed to complement the Research Paper Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill (RP 12/33), which covers in more detail the background to the Bill | |
| 07.08.2012 | UK Election Statistics: 1918-2012 |
| This paper presents an overview of results from UK elections since 1918, including elections to the House of Commons, the European Parliament, devolved bodies and local government. |
Select Committee Reports
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 16.01.2012 | Government response to the fifth report of the Communities and Local Government Select Committee on |
| Government response. Communities and Local Government Select Committee report [Commons] | |
| 17.10.2011 | Audit and inspection of local authorities. |
| Government response. Communities and Local Government report [Commons] | |
| 17.09.2011 | Localism. |
| Communities and Local Government report [Commons] | |
| 27.06.2011 | Audit and inspection of local authorities. |
| Communities and Local Government Select Committee report [Commons] | |
| 23.06.2011 | The abolition of regional spatial strategies: a planning vacuum. |
| Government response. Communities and Local Government report [Commons] |
Early Day Motions
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 12.12.2011 | TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PRESENTATION OF A PETITION FOR A CORNISH ASSEMBLY |
| That this House notes that 10 years have passed since the presentation of a petition with 50,000 signatures in favour of a Cornish Assembly to 10 Downing Street on 12 December 2001 ... | |
| 14.11.2011 | ACTIONS OF BASILDON COUNCIL IN RESPECT OF RICHARD HOWITT MEP |
| That this House notes with concern the forcible removal of East of England MEP, Richard Howitt, from the official media area of Dale Farm by officials of Basildon Council during the ... | |
| 07.11.2011 | CITY OF LONDON CORPORATION (No. 2) |
| That this House calls on the Government to launch an inquiry into the activities of the City of London Corporation reported in The Guardian on 7 November 2011 related to the investment ... | |
| 02.11.2011 | CITY OF LONDON CORPORATION |
| That this House considers that it is unacceptable in a democratic country in thetwenty-firstcentury for the business vote to continue to exist in elections for the City of London Corporation, ... | |
| 11.10.2011 | PUBLIC SECTOR PENSIONS (No.3) |
| That this House notes that proposals by Government Ministers run the serious risk of making public sector pension schemes unsustainable; further notes that increasing contributions ... |
Lords Library Notes
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 24.12.2012 | Growth and Infrastructure Bill (HL Bill 72 of 2012-13) |
| The purpose of the Growth and Infrastructure Bill is to promote investment in infrastructure projects, reduce delays in the planning system and introduce a new employment status of employee shareholder. This Library Note provides background information for the second reading of the Bill in the House of Lords on 8 January 2013. | |
| 09.11.2012 | Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill (HL Bill 45 of 2012-13) |
| The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill includes measures for changes to competition policy, to employment law, and for reducing regulation, as well as provisions on the Green Investment Bank, directors' remuneration, copyright and planning. This Library Note provides background reading in advance of the Bill's second reading in the House of Lords. | |
| 27.05.2011 | Localism Bill (HL Bill 71 of 2010-12) |
| This Library Note summarises proceedings at the Localism Bill's final stages in the House of Commons and provides background information for the Bill's second reading debate in the House of Lords. |
