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Local governmentChris Leslie, Director of the think tank New Local Government Network, discussed the case for active local governance, the need for decentralised decision making and the empowerment of local government, and the implications for public service delivery.
Chris Leslie became Director of NLGN in September 2005. He was previously Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Constitutional Affairs (2003 to 2005). Prior to this, he was a minister at the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (2002 to 2003) and before that at the Cabinet Office (2001 to 2002). He was elected Member of Parliament for the Shipley constituency in May 1997 and was re-elected in June 2001, serving two whole terms (until the May 2005 General Election). Chris was a councillor on Bradford City Council from 1994 to 1998