Sector must have say on local strategy, says NCVO

By Nathalie Thomas, Third Sector, 20 June 2007

The NCVO is lobbying peers to amend the Local Government Bill to include a provision requiring local authorities to consult voluntary sector partners when drawing up strategies for their local areas.

The umbrella organisation argues that the bill, in its current form, does not require local authorities by law to discuss with non- statutory partners strategies such as Local Area Agreements - the three-year policy documents that set out priorities for their local areas. It requires local government to consult only...

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