-the provision of increased tax-raising power at the local level,most straightforwardly by the return of the business rate to local control.
-the granting of a power of local competence to overcome the constraining influence of ultra vires and provide a more positive legal framework for local authority action
-provision to make local quangos responsible to elected local government through information sharing at one end of the spectrum and supervision or control at the other.
-facilitative legislation to allow local authorities to choose if they wish to experiment with new forms of political management or service provision.