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POLICY AND POLITICS

Councils need consistency and clarity from government

As councils grapple with a host of reforms announced by central government, Jonathan Carr-West pleas for less unpredictability and more consistency of purpose.

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It's a niche interest but for those of us who spend our days trying to discern the Government's direction of travel on local government, it's been quite a fortnight.

Within the space of a few days we had the final local government finance settlement, the Representation of the People Bill and the decision that postponed elections were un-postponed again. Who knows what will have happened by the time you read this?

Jonathan Carr-West

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