Subject(s): Local government in England. -- New Left in Great Britain. -- Conservatism in Great Britain. -- Local government management -- Networked local government -- Networked community governance -- Elected local government -- Representative democracy -- Conservatives : governance by default -- Governance structure -- Financial structure of local government -- Public management , Modernization -- New labour's critique of elected local government -- New labour's reform strategy -- New labour's central local relations -- Improving service delivery under new labour -- Democratic renewal : getting people to participate -- Electoral reforms -- Participation and innovative forms of consultation -- Democracy -- Promoting local political leadership -- Political management -- Leadership suited to the challenges of network community governance -- Mayoral model -- New labour's compromised implementation strategy -- Partnership and joining up in a era of multi level governance -- Local and regional governance -- New labour's centralizing implementation -- Network community governance model -- Local finance , debt -- Challenge of governance -- Public trust -- Institutional legacies -- New Labour and local governance -- Localism