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REORGANISATION

Challenging the LGR wisdom

As local government faces the next round of reorganisation, Dorset Council chief Catherine Howe challenges the assumption that only county-scale leaders can run a unitary. Heather Jameson reports.

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As councils across England face local government reorganisation (LGR), the collective wisdom suggests new unitary councils should be led by chief executives from larger authorities, ideally with long experience of adult and children's services.

But Dorset Council, one of the most recently reorganised authorities, has consistently challenged that claim.

Heather Jameson

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