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FUNDING

Adding up the price of local government interventions

As more councils in intervention increases, the price tag for commissioners is skyrocketing. Dan Peters crunches the numbers and commissioner Gavin Jones explains the case for value for money to Heather Jameson.

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It's the call that no chief wants to take – the culmination of years of financial strain, governance failure or political chaos ending in commissioners.

What follows is often described as a reset. But it has also been expensive for the 10 town halls that have been subject to intervention since 2021.

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