New Local Government Network - Revision history

David at 07:22, 17 August 2013

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David at 07:22, 17 August 2013

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Melissa Jones: /* Director */

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Director

Melissa Jones: /* Staff */

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Staff

Melissa Jones: /* staff */ typos/language tweaks

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staff: typos/language tweaks

David at 14:03, 7 October 2007

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David: /* Commission members */

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Commission members

David: /* Trustees */

2007-03-23T10:59:40Z

Trustees

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Other Trustees

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 *[[Tesco]]
 *[[Tribal]]
-*[[Vertex]]<ref>[http://www.nlgn.org.uk/nlgn.php Corporate partners]</ref>
+*[[Vertex]]<ref>NLGN [http://www.nlgn.org.uk/nlgn.php Corporate partners]</ref>
 ==Notes==
 <references/>
 [[Category:Think Tanks]]

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 ====Director====
-*[[Chris Leslie]] Ambitious New Labour former MP for Shipley. As a minister defended postal balloting.
+*[[Chris Leslie]] (until 2010) Ambitious New Labour former MP for Shipley. As a minister defended postal balloting.
 *Before Leslie's appointment in September 2005, the Director was [[Dan Corry]], a former head of economics at the Labour Party secretariat 1989 – 92, former chief economist the IPPR, and special advisor to both [[Peter Mandelson]] and [[Stephen Byers]], achieving notoriety during his stint with the latter when he was discovered sending emails trying to find details of the political affiliations of members of the Paddington rail crash survivors group in an effort to discredit their criticisms of his boss. Corry left the NLGN in May 2005 to become special advisor to [[Ruth Kelly]] at Education. Corry joined NLGN in 2002 after [[Pricewaterhouse]] (see Funders) had advertised the £60,000 post after the previous Director, [[John Williams]] had resigned to become Local Government Development Director at the [[Serco Group]] plc and the Serco Institute. Serco has now seconded him to the CBI (see Funders) as their Director of Public Services. According to a Guardian report, during his spell as director of the NLGN, Williams was close to the then local government minister, Hilary Armstrong

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 ====Director====
 *[[Chris Leslie]] Ambitious New Labour former MP for Shipley. As a minister defended postal balloting.
-*Before Leslie's appointment in September 2005, the Director was [[Dan Corry]], a former head of economics at the Labour Party secretariat 1989 – 92, former chief economist the IPPR, and special advisor to both [[Peter Mandelson]] and [[Stephen Byers]], achieving notoriety during his stint with the latter when he was discovered sending emails trying to find details of the political affiliations of members of the Paddington rail crash survivors group in an effort to discredit their criticisms of his boss. Corry left the NLGN in May 2005 to become special advisor to [[Ruth Kelly]] at Education.
+*Before Leslie's appointment in September 2005, the Director was [[Dan Corry]], a former head of economics at the Labour Party secretariat 1989 – 92, former chief economist the IPPR, and special advisor to both [[Peter Mandelson]] and [[Stephen Byers]], achieving notoriety during his stint with the latter when he was discovered sending emails trying to find details of the political affiliations of members of the Paddington rail crash survivors group in an effort to discredit their criticisms of his boss. Corry left the NLGN in May 2005 to become special advisor to [[Ruth Kelly]] at Education. Corry joined NLGN in 2002 after [[Pricewaterhouse]] (see Funders) had advertised the £60,000 post after the previous Director, [[John Williams]] had resigned to become Local Government Development Director at the [[Serco Group]] plc and the Serco Institute. Serco has now seconded him to the CBI (see Funders) as their Director of Public Services. According to a Guardian report, during his spell as director of the NLGN, Williams was close to the then local government minister, Hilary Armstrong
 ====Head of Research====

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 *[[Munira Thobani]] Independent Local Government Consultant. One time head of democratic services, Lambeth Council
-===staff===
+===Staff===
 ====Director====
-*[[Chris Leslie]] Ambitious New Labour former MP for Shipley. As a minister defended dodgy postal balloting. Before Leslie's appointment in September 2005,the Director was [[Dan Corry]], a former head of economics at the Labour Party secretariat 1989 – 92, former chief economist the IPPR, and special advisor to both Peter Mandelson and Stephen Byers, achieving notoriety during his stint with the latter when he was discovered sending emails trying to find details of the political affiliations of members of the Paddington rail crash survivors group in an effort to discredit their criticisms of his boss. Corry left the NLGN in May 2005 to become special advisor to the hapless [[Ruth Kelly]] at Education.
+*[[Chris Leslie]] Ambitious New Labour former MP for Shipley. As a minister defended postal balloting.
-Corry joined NLGN in 2002 after Pricewaterhouse (see Funders) had advertised the £60,000 post after the previous Director, John Williams had resigned to become Local Government Development Director at the Serco group plc and the Serco Institute. Serco has now seconded him to the CBI (see Funders) as their Director of Public Services. According to a Guardian report, during his spell as director of the NLGN, Williams was close to the then local government minister, Hilary Armstrong
+Corry joined NLGN in 2002 after Pricewaterhouse (see Funders) had advertised the £60,000 post after the previous Director, John Williams had resigned to become Local Government Development Director at the [[Serco Group]] plc and the Serco Institute. Serco has now seconded him to the CBI (see Funders) as their Director of Public Services. According to a Guardian report, during his spell as director of the NLGN, Williams was close to the then local government minister, Hilary Armstrong
 ====Head of Research====
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 ====Head of Policy====
-*[[Anna Randle]] Currently working on a long term project funded by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. Mayoral campaign manager for the NLGN. Anna has written for Progress 2001 and again in 2003 where she praised Labour councillors and singled out Jane Roberts in London and Richard Leese in Manchester (see City Commission below) She is a speaker at the 2005 Compass conference
+*[[Anna Randle]] Currently working on a long term project funded by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. Mayoral campaign manager for the NLGN. Anna has written for Progress 2001 and again in 2003 where she praised Labour councillors and singled out Jane Roberts in London and Richard Leese in Manchester (see City Commission below) She was a speaker at the 2005 Compass conference.
 ====Research Manager====
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 ====Policy and Communications Officer====
-[[Mark Fuller]] Previous employers include Yvette Cooper, Labour MP Pontefract and Castleford and wife of [[Ed Balls]] at the [[Smith Institute]]. In 2003 Mark helped to compile “Tony Blair in his own words an anthology of speeches and articles” edited by Paul Richards (and as written by Alastair Campbell?)
+*[[Mark Fuller]] Previous employers include Yvette Cooper, Labour MP Pontefract and Castleford and wife of [[Ed Balls]] at the [[Smith Institute]]. In 2003 Mark helped to compile “Tony Blair in his own words an anthology of speeches and articles” edited by Paul Richards (and as written by Alastair Campbell?)
 ==Reports and Activities==

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 Described as having “impeccable New Labour links” by former Tribune editor, [[Mark Seddon]], and less flatteringly as “the provisional wing of the consultancy and contracting sector” by Sir [[Jeremy Beecham]] (former Labour Leader of Newcastle upon Tyne), the [[New Local Government Network]] says it wants “a radical approach to improving public services, revitalising local politics and empowering local communities.
-Formed in 1996 by crony peers [[Steve Bassam|Lord (Steve) Bassam]] and [[Lord Filkins]]; [[Len Duvall]], now Labour member of the London Assembly and then leader of Greenwich council, (1992 – 2000); Professor [[Gerry Stoker]] (see later); [[Rita Stringfellow]], then Labour leader of North Tynecastle council, now a Trustee of the [[Daycare Trust]] (run by [[IPPR]]'s [[Lisa Harker]]) and ditto of the [[Family Rights Group]] (run by [[Cathy Ashley]], former Labour Lambeth Councillor and currently a member of the [[Compass]] management board, see Archives, the NLGN works closely with Labour ministers and other New Labour fronts like the [[IPPR]]. Its leading members also have close links with New Labour business interests in the public sector. It campaigns for elected mayors.
+Formed in 1996 by crony peers [[Steve Bassam|Lord (Steve) Bassam]] and [[Lord Filkins]]; [[Len Duvall]], now Labour member of the London Assembly and then leader of Greenwich council, (1992 – 2000); Professor [[Gerry Stoker]]; [[Rita Stringfellow]], then Labour leader of North Tynecastle council, now a Trustee of the [[Daycare Trust]] (run by [[IPPR]]'s [[Lisa Harker]]) and ditto of the [[Family Rights Group]] (run by [[Cathy Ashley]], former Labour Lambeth Councillor and currently a member of the [[Compass]] management board, the NLGN works closely with Labour ministers and other New Labour fronts like the [[IPPR]]. Its leading members also have close links with New Labour business interests in the public sector. It campaigns for elected mayors.
 It won the ‘Prospect’ award of think tank of the year 2004.
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 Funders include: [[Accord]]; The [[Amey Group]]; [[BT]]; Business Services Association; Buro Happold; [[Capita]]; The CBI; Cambridge Education; The Corporation of London; Deloitte; Hedra; Interserve; Kendric Ash; Kier Group; KPMG; [[Land Securities]]; BERATA; Modena; Mouchelparkman; NabarroNathanson; Nord Anglia education plc; Prospects Careers Services; Pricewaterhousecoopers; Rockpools (naturally different); [[Serco]]; [[Tesco]]; Trower & Hamlins; and Vertex.
-NLGN has an eighteen-strong Board of Trustees. Its address is: 2nd Floor, 42 Southwark Street, London, a building owned by [[Land Securities]] (see Funders) and bought on their behalf with the help of solicitors, Nabarro Nathanson (see Funders).
+NLGN has an eighteen-strong Board of Trustees. Its address is: 2nd Floor, 42 Southwark Street, London, a building owned by [[Land Securities]] and bought on their behalf with the help of solicitors, Nabarro Nathanson.
 ==People==
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 ====Chairman====
-*[[Helen Randall]]
+*[[Helen Randall]]Partner, Trowers and Hamlins, a law firm specialising in public housing and housing issues, Advisor to the IPPR’s ‘ Building Better Partnerships report’ Helen was previously at solicitors [[Nabarro Nathanson]] where she “advised local authorities and their private sector partners on PFI, PPPs, joint ventures and outsourcing.”
 ====Other Trustees====
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 *[[Nick Sharman]] Director and head of local government services for the Amey Group (see Funders). Former deputy executive Director, London borough of Islington.
 *Dr [[Colin Sinclair]] Independent Local Government Consultant. Former chief executive, Sunderland City Council
-*Professor [[Gerry Stoker]] Professor of Political Science, Department of Government, University of Manchester. Immediate past chairman of NLGN, Gerry has been an advisor to the Government since 1997, and was a member of the IPPR Commission on Public Private Partnerships which reported in 2001 and a co-author of the Demos report ‘Governing in the round: Strategies for Holistic Government ‘alongside [[Perri 6]], [[Diana Leat]], and [[Kimberley Seltzer]] published in 1999. He was also a speaker at the 2004 Progress conference and is listed as a speaker at the Compass conference 2005.
+*Professor [[Gerry Stoker]] Professor of Political Science, Department of Government, University of Manchester. Immediate past chairman of NLGN, Gerry has been an advisor to the Government since 1997, and was a member of the IPPR Commission on Public Private Partnerships which reported in 2001 and a co-author of the Demos report ‘Governing in the round: Strategies for Holistic Government ‘alongside [[Perri 6]], [[Diana Leat]], and [[Kimberley Seltzer]] published in 1999. He was also a speaker at the 2004 Progress conference and is listed as a speaker at the Compass conference 2005. He is credited with promoting the idea of directly elected mayors.
 *[[Munira Thobani]] Independent Local Government Consultant. One time head of democratic services, Lambeth Council
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 ====Director====
-*[[Chris Leslie]] Ambitious New Labour former MP for Shipley. As a minister defended dodgy postal balloting. Before Leslie's appointment in September 2005,the Director was [[Dan Corry]], a former head of economics at the Labour Party secretariat 1989 – 92, former chief economist the IPPR, and special advisor to both Peter Mandelson and Stephen Byers, achieving notoriety during his stint with the latter when he was discovered sending emails trying to find details of the political affiliations of members of the Paddington rail crash survivors group in an effort to discredit their criticisms of his boss. Corry left the NLGN in May 2005 to become special advisor to the hapless Ruth Kelly at Education.
+*[[Chris Leslie]] Ambitious New Labour former MP for Shipley. As a minister defended dodgy postal balloting. Before Leslie's appointment in September 2005,the Director was [[Dan Corry]], a former head of economics at the Labour Party secretariat 1989 – 92, former chief economist the IPPR, and special advisor to both Peter Mandelson and Stephen Byers, achieving notoriety during his stint with the latter when he was discovered sending emails trying to find details of the political affiliations of members of the Paddington rail crash survivors group in an effort to discredit their criticisms of his boss. Corry left the NLGN in May 2005 to become special advisor to the hapless [[Ruth Kelly]] at Education.
 Corry joined NLGN in 2002 after Pricewaterhouse (see Funders) had advertised the £60,000 post after the previous Director, John Williams had resigned to become Local Government Development Director at the Serco group plc and the Serco Institute. Serco has now seconded him to the CBI (see Funders) as their Director of Public Services. According to a Guardian report, during his spell as director of the NLGN, Williams was close to the then local government minister, Hilary Armstrong
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 ====Head of Strategic Communications====
-*[[Ian Parker]] Previous employers include the Social Market Foundation (see Archives) and Peter Kilfoyle, Labour MP. Liverpool Walton.
+*[[Ian Parker]] Previous employers include the [[Social Market Foundation]] and [[Peter Kilfoyle]], Labour MP. Liverpool Walton.
-Head of Policy
+====Head of Policy====
-Anna Randle
+*[[Anna Randle]] Currently working on a long term project funded by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. Mayoral campaign manager for the NLGN. Anna has written for Progress 2001 and again in 2003 where she praised Labour councillors and singled out Jane Roberts in London and Richard Leese in Manchester (see City Commission below) She is a speaker at the 2005 Compass conference
-Research Manager
+====Research Manager====
-Natalie Tarry (formerly Arend)
+*Natalie Tarry (formerly Arend) Joined NLGN from the European Parliament where she worked for a German MEP
-Corporate Relationships & Fundraising Manager
+====Corporate Relationships & Fundraising Manager====
-Wendy de La Harpe
+*[[Wendy de La Harpe]] Previously sponsorship manager at [[Neil Stewart Associates]]
-Council; Relationship Officer
+====Council; Relationship Officer====
-Kiran Dhillon
+Kiran Dhillon Previously with London Borough of Hounslow
-Policy and Communications Officer
+====Policy and Communications Officer====
-Mark Fuller
+[[Mark Fuller]] Previous employers include Yvette Cooper, Labour MP Pontefract and Castleford and wife of [[Ed Balls]] at the [[Smith Institute]]. In 2003 Mark helped to compile “Tony Blair in his own words an anthology of speeches and articles” edited by Paul Richards (and as written by Alastair Campbell?)
 ==Reports and Activities==
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 NLGN has recently appointed a so called City Commission which is expected to propose the creation of super sized city/regions in the wake of the collapse of the government’s plans for regional assemblies.
-Chair:
+===Chair===
-Roger Blitz
+[[Roger Blitz]] UK Affairs Editor of the pro-Labour Financial Times.
-Head of Research for the Commission
+Head of Research for the Commission [[John Temple]], former Labour Deputy Leader, South Tyneside Council
 ===Commission members===
-John Biggs, Assembly Member and Vice Chair, London Development Agency
+*John Biggs, Assembly Member and Vice Chair, London Development Agency
 (Also Labour whip on the GLA, former leader of Tower Hamlets council and formerly director of the Socialist Health Association)
+*Sir [[Sandy Bruce Lockhart]], Tory leader, Kent County Council
 Mick Henry, Labour Leader, Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council
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 *[[Tesco]]
 *[[Tribal]]
-*[[Vertex]][http://www.nlgn.org.uk/nlgn.php]
+*[[Vertex]]<ref>[http://www.nlgn.org.uk/nlgn.php Corporate partners]</ref>

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	According to a press release issued by the NLGN in March “confirmed participants for the evidence-giving sessions (of the Commission) include Ed Balls, former Chief Economic Advisor to the Chancellor (otherwise known as the New Labour MP, Normanton, 2005 - and husband of New Labour minister, Yvette Cooper. Balls has also been a senior Research Fellow at the Smith Institute: see Archives) and Professor Alan Harding of the University of Salford, a key advisor to the Select Committee which prepared the unwanted Regional Assemblies bill.		According to a press release issued by the NLGN in March “confirmed participants for the evidence-giving sessions (of the Commission) include Ed Balls, former Chief Economic Advisor to the Chancellor (otherwise known as the New Labour MP, Normanton, 2005 - and husband of New Labour minister, Yvette Cooper. Balls has also been a senior Research Fellow at the Smith Institute: see Archives) and Professor Alan Harding of the University of Salford, a key advisor to the Select Committee which prepared the unwanted Regional Assemblies bill.
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		+
		+	==Corporate Partners==
		+	*[[Accord]]
		+	*[[Amey]]
		+	*[[Aggresso]]
		+	*[[Appleyards]]
		+	*[[British Telecom]]
		+	*[[Business Services Association]]
		+	*[[Buro Happold]]
		+	*[[Capita]]
		+	*[[CBI]]
		+	*[[Cambridge Education Associates]]
		+	*[[Corporation of London]]
		+	*[[Edwards]]
		+	*[[Fujitsu]]
		+	*[[HBS]]
		+	*[[Hedra]]
		+	*[[Interserve]]
		+	*[[ITNET]]
		+	*[[Jarvis]]
		+	*[[Kendric Ash]]
		+	*[[Kier Group]]
		+	*[[KPMG]]
		+	*[[McAlpine]]
		+	*[[MouchelParkman]]
		+	*[[NabarroNathanson]]
		+	*[[Nord Anglia Education]]
		+	*[[Onyx]]
		+	*[[Ordnance Survey]]
		+	*[[Pinnacle]]
		+	*[[Prospects]]
		+	*[[Price Waterhouse Coopers]]
		+	*[[Serco]]
		+	*[[Service Team]]
		+	*[[Tesco]]
		+	*[[Tribal]]
		+	*[[Vertex]][http://www.nlgn.org.uk/nlgn.php]