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How ready is your area to benefit from the Government’s Big Society agenda? The New Local Government Network has taken data from the Audit Commission’s Place Survey to estimate readiness for the Big Society. In the East of England some communities are better prepared for the Big Society than others, with scores varying from 25.5 in Harlow to 39.1 in Uttlesford.

Back in March we asked you to help us better understand the impact of the Comprehensive Spending Review on service budgets over the next two years by completing an online survey. Working with CLOA we analysed the results and have produced a snapshot of the challenges the culture and sport sector faces.

Local Government Improvement & Development (LGID) is creating a new and significantly different version of CSIT.   They are consulting with the sector on the draft of the new toolkit and would value your views.