“…For New Labour, good conduct in localities described actions that were innovative, responsible, and entrepreneurial, but with a continued expectation of minimum national standards for public service delivery, policed through a range of agencies and agreements (see Foley and Martin 2000, Hambleton 2003, Lodge and Muir 2010, Lowndes and Sullivan 2008, Wallace 2010, Wilson 2001. New Labour's 'Third Way' promised to balance freedom and (spatial) equity, even if the promise was rarely delivered (Giddens 2000).…”