The Local Government Association, which is backing the move for plain English in councils across the country, would like to ban the following words and replace them with simpler ones:

• Ambassador ? leader
• Best practice ? best way
• Citizen empowerment ? people power
• Community engagement ? getting people involved
• Customers ? people
• Facilitate ? help
• Initiative ? idea
• Service users ? people
• Partnerships ? working together
• Slippage ? delay
• Stakeholders ? other organisations
• Strategic/overarching ? planned
• Sustainable communities ? environmentally friendly
• Third sector ? charities and voluntary organisations
• Transparency ? clarity
• Value added ? extra