Local Government Flashcards
1
Q
Jurisdictions of Local Government
A
- Education – About 40% of local budgets
- Council housing – Gov’t-owned rental units.
- Health – Local hospitals and clinics.
- Other public services – transit, police, fire.
2
Q
% of local funding raised by local taxes and fees
A
20%
3
Q
Main source of revenue for local govs
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Property tax
One rate on homeowners
One rate on businesses
4
Q
Three New Labour changes
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- Reintroduction of metro-area councils.
- Introduction of elected mayors.
- Indirect oversight of metro police
5
Q
Mayor stats
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Now 23 elected mayors in England
More than half of referendums on having elected mayors failed
A number of mayors elected independents
6
Q
Why has the system become more centralized?
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- Most funding comes from central gov’t.
2. An obsession with national targets and “efficiency”
7
Q
Five Giant Problems
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Want Ignorance Sickness Idleness Squalor
8
Q
What do you need for a healthy society? Beverridge report says…
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Social Security Health Services Housing Education Avoid Unemployment
9
Q
Community Charge
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- Thatcher’s way to implement rate capping
- Eventually became known as the “Poll Tax”
- Was extremely unpopular
10
Q
First Mayor of London
A
Ken Livingstone
11
Q
Most significant piece of Social Policy
A
The NHS (National Health Service) Under NHS, hospitals are nationalized.
12
Q
1981 Housing Act
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Gave council tenants the right
to buy their residences.
