The recent LGA conference in Manchester was an opportunity for the local government sector to set out its own ambitions and vision for a bolder, more independent future. The LGA's work on Rewiring Public Services sets out an offer and a series of challenges which are designed to help dramatically alter the nature of the relationship between councils, government and citizens. Now, of course, people might say that ambitious long-term thinking about such issues as guaranteeing local government's constitutional independence, or a new way of the sector organising itself in respect of funding distribution can seem rather less immediate than the reality of, say, a further 10% funding cut for 2015/16 announced in the Spending Review.
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