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LIVE RESULTS HERE! Today (Thursday 26th Nov) we will be asking anyone who is following the myPublicServices Conference to help us categorise 384 citizen-facing services that local government currently provides.

Along with help from FutureGov's Carrie Bishop, we are running a workshop in the afternoon with delegates examining what the role of the elected member be in the 21st Century.

175 members and officers from over 150 local authorities have used the induction healthcheck to assess their current member induction and wider member development strategy. Some of the key results were presented to Capital Ambition's one-day conference 'Towards May 2010: excellence in member induction' at Southwark Council's new offices in Tooley Street SE1

21st Century Councillor has been working with Leicestershire to develop a member development programme for the autumn after the June 2009 elections to equip existing and new members with skills and information to maximise what they can do as elected councillors. Watch the video to find out more - or visit the Leicestershire's casestudy page.

21st Century Councillor formally launched it's 'Manifesto for a Modern Local Politics' at the London Councils' councillor summit. It sets out ten challenges for the modern councillor and Local Authority.

Work is going on to explore and promote each of the areas from 'exemplar' authorities to demonstrate how to put these ideas into practice.

Swindon are working with the Leadership Centre for local government and FutureGov to explore ways of using new methods of on and offline engagement to help councillors engage with local communities in new and interesting ways as part of the 21st Century Councillors programme. Here, Gavin Calthrop from Swindon Borough Council explains a bit about the project and how it fits into Swindon's wider aspirations as a forward thinking local authority.

Cllr Merrick Cockell is Leader of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Chairman of London Councils, Chairman of the Conservative Councillors' Association and a member of the Conservative Party Board. He has been at the forefront of championing a new agenda for councillors, including spearheading the www.beacouncillor.org.uk initiative in London.

Cllr Ann Lucas (Coventry) is a member of Labour's National Executive Committee. Earlier this year she agreed to be the Labour Party's 'champion' for 21st Century Councillor and its sister programme, 'be a councillor'.

Cllr Tim Pickstone (Bury) is the Chief Executive of the Association of Liberal Democrats Councillors (ALDC) and has been supporting this programme on behalf of the Lib Dems