The bitter war of words between counties and districts over reorganisation stepped up this week as battle lines were drawn around a new think-tank report.
Respublica’s latest report commissioned by the District Councils’ Network (DCN) and Unitary Councils’ Network claimed there was no evidence to ‘indicate the optimal footprint for local government or for the delivery of public services in England’.
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