Better local government and community involvement

To achieve better local government and community involvement the following proposals have been put forward:

the end of old style council leaders, with options including: directly elected mayors, a directly-elected executive or indirectly elected council leaders with four-year terms
citizens would be able to call for community action over failing services
local strategic partners would have a duty to co-operate
the slashing of performance indicators in preference of community satisfaction
the opportunity for new unitary councils to emerge (i.e one body to look after the delivery of services currently provided by district and county councils)