Subject(s): Local government in Great Britain. -- Labour Party (Great Britain) -- Great Britain in Politics and government in 1997- -- Modernization program : Government's analysis -- Challenges of community leadership : Enshrining in law, rationale for community leadership, community planning, neighborhood management and renewal challenges of central government -- Democratic renewal for local government : Government's policies, weaknesses in local democracy, public apathy challenged, innovation in democratic practice -- Main options for political structure : Strengths and weaknesses of committee system, government's proposal enacted -- making new political structure work : Legislation -- Councilors and modernization program : Political background, government's proposal, recruitment and retention, local government associations -- Best value and improving performance -- Local public service agreements, reform of public services, comprehensive performance framework -- Management for modernization : Consumer and customer, effective leadership, performance measures and performance management, e- government, private sector models -- Towards regional government : Unhappy story of local government reorganization, greater London authority, issues of reorganization reopened by regional government -- Have central- local relations been modernized -- Modernization and local government finance : Reforming government grants, ring-fencing and special grants, capital finance -- Strength and weaknesses of modernization program, changing local government, changing central local relations and changing central government