This is a good thing. Care must be taken, however, to ensure that doubtsabout the usefulness of national indicators are properly explored. Ourshared desire that play should be a government priority must not, at thesame time, prompt a rush to premature judgment about the capacity ofindicators to yield a beneficial impact.
Benefits come with costs, and though there are risks in not having playindicators, there are risks associated with having them too. The recentLyon interim report on the future role of local government offers asalutary caution: "The current system of delivering to nationalstandards, driven by central government ... appears to have somedrawbacks in terms of confusion and complexity. Such pressures may alsodivert local government from its strategic place-shaping role."
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