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Grants, Needs Assessment and The Community Charge

Grants, Needs Assessment and The Community Charge Needs Assessment and Grants, The Community Charge Introduction This issue of Public and Administration the link special Policy investigates between central to local the of the government’s authorities, grants accuracy needs assessments used in the allocation and the expenditure grant process, levels of levied councils. consequent Community Charges (poll taxes) by A central theme of the Green was the need to have a Paper simpler grant which would were the extent to which local authorities system clarify spending above the level in Central Government’s Needs Assessments. This was implied the means which the Government to a new refbrm of by hoped promote accountability. The main focus is on the Scottish situation because it is in Scotland simply where the has been first introduced. Esoteric detail is Community Charge avoided so as to make the and relevant to a wider non-Scottish papers readership the and are British local general principles problems applicable throughout government. Arthur Midwinter a brief overview of the faced in the provides problems of the and casts doubt on the wisdom of implementation Community Charge reform. Ronan Paddison examines the on household incomes in impact Glasgow ward-level data and concludes that between using existing disparities in socioeconomic are exacerbated. neighbourhoods well-being Steve a of the new as a Bailey provides whole, critique grants system whether it is an it and it is on the one whether questioning improvement replaces to the or one that has more necessary adjunct Community Charge, general to a number of alternative local taxes. applicability Jackson outlines the needs assessment used in Scotland and -Tony methodology that it is no a useful device for but rather a _argues longer simply allocating grant of fiscal control. weapon Peter Ritchie examines the between needs assessment and local relationship tax levels in detail and finds that the serves to the Community Charge exaggerate local tax effects of in needs indicators and in data and changes accuracy updating. Steve Bailey Guest Editors Arthur Midwinter http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Public Policy and Administration SAGE

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Needs Assessment and Grants, The Community Charge Introduction This issue of Public and Administration the link special Policy investigates between central to local the of the government’s authorities, grants accuracy needs assessments used in the allocation and the expenditure grant process, levels of levied councils. consequent Community Charges (poll taxes) by A central theme of the Green was the need to have a Paper simpler grant which would were the extent to which local authorities system clarify spending above the level in Central Government’s Needs Assessments. This was implied the means which the Government to a new refbrm of by hoped promote accountability. The main focus is on the Scottish situation because it is in Scotland simply where the has been first introduced. Esoteric detail is Community Charge avoided so as to make the and relevant to a wider non-Scottish papers readership the and are British local general principles problems applicable throughout government. Arthur Midwinter a brief overview of the faced in the provides problems of the and casts doubt on the wisdom of implementation Community Charge reform. Ronan Paddison examines the on household incomes in impact Glasgow ward-level data and concludes that between using existing disparities in socioeconomic are exacerbated. neighbourhoods well-being Steve a of the new as a Bailey provides whole, critique grants system whether it is an it and it is on the one whether questioning improvement replaces to the or one that has more necessary adjunct Community Charge, general to a number of alternative local taxes. applicability Jackson outlines the needs assessment used in Scotland and -Tony methodology that it is no a useful device for but rather a _argues longer simply allocating grant of fiscal control. weapon Peter Ritchie examines the between needs assessment and local relationship tax levels in detail and finds that the serves to the Community Charge exaggerate local tax effects of in needs indicators and in data and changes accuracy updating. Steve Bailey Guest Editors Arthur Midwinter

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Public Policy and Administration – SAGE

Published: Jun 1, 1989

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