Lancaster University Management School Working Paper 2005/006 Modernisation and the joining-up of local government services in the UK: Boundaries, knowledge & technology Brian Bloomfield and Niall Hayes The Department of Organisation, Work and Technology Lancaster University Management School Lancaster LA1 4YX UK © Brian Bloomfield and Niall Hayes All rights reserved. Short sections of text, not to exceed two paragraphs, may be quoted without explicit permission, provided that full acknowledgement is given. The LUMS Working Papers series can be accessed at http://www.lums.lancs.ac.uk/publications/ LUMS home page: http://www.lums.lancs.ac.uk/