The Department of the Environment Northern Ireland has published a consultation paper, Local Government Reform - Consultation on Policy Proposals, to seek views on proposals aimed at modernising and strengthening local democracy. It features a range of measures including a new governance framework to provide for efficient, fair and transparent decision-making across local government, a new community planning process and a new regime to support improvement in how councils deliver services. Responses are sought by Friday, 11 March 2011.
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