As the new secretary of state Steve Reed settles into his new role, Steve Leach and Colin Copus tell him that now is not a good time for a ‘disruptive, expensive and widely criticised reorganisation of local government’.
Dear Minister
Whenever there is a ministerial reshuffle there is always an opportunity for a re-assessment of policy, particularly in circumstances where an idea gained traction without proper consideration of the need for change or alternatives to it and has led to innumerable problems, opposition and a good deal of organisational conflict.
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