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Appendix 3: References
1 Sullivan and Skelcher, Working Across Boundaries: Collaboration in Public Services,
2002, pp 26-8.
2 Audit Commission, Corporate Governance in the Public Sector: Improvement and Trust in
Local Public Services, 2003.
3 Local Government Association, Partnerships in Action, 2004.
4 HM Treasury, Independent Review of Public Sector Efficiency: Releasing Resources to the
Front line, 2004.
5 ODPM, Evaluation of Local Strategic Partnerships Interim Report, 2005.
6 Audit Commission, Validation of LSP Performance Management Frameworks: Report to
the Neighbourhood Renewal Unit, 2004.
7 INLOGOV, Effective Partnership and Good Governance: Lessons for Policy and Practice,
University of Birmingham, 2004.
8 ODPM, Evaluation of Local Strategic Partnerships: Governance: A Briefing Note for LSPs
by LSPs, 2004
9 Audit Commission, Stewardship and Governance, 2004.
10 Audit Commission, Trust in the Public Sector, 2003.
11 See, for example: Local Government Association, What Drives Public Satisfaction with
Local Government, LGA Research Report 20/04, 2004.
12 Cadbury Committee, Report of the Committee on the Financial Aspects of Corporate
Governance (the Cadbury Report), December 1992.
13 Sir Peter Gershon CBE, Releasing Resources to the Front Line: Independent Review of
Public Sector Efficiency, HM Treasury, 2004.
14 Audit Commission, Drug Misuse 2004: Reducing the Local Impact, 2004, paragraph 88.
15 ODPM, Meta-evaluation of the Local Government Modernisation Agenda: Progress
Report on Accountability, (in production), 2005
16 ODPM, National Evaluation of Local Strategic Partnerships: Report on the 2004 Survey of
All English LSPs, 2005
17 INLOGOV, Effective Partnership and Good Governance: Lessons from Policy and
Practice, 2004.
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