The cat was firmly placed among the pigeons recently when Cheltenham BC’s leader Rowena Hay claimed the era of arm’s-length management organisations (ALMOs) had ‘drawn to a close’.
Cllr Hay’s remarks came after the council had voted to wind up its housing ALMO, believing authorities sticking with the model ‘are increasingly the outliers’.
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