Rewiring the state is a once-in-20-years chance to reset the dial for local government but risks being squandered on arguments about who is in charge, the outgoing president of senior officers' group Solace has warned.
Speaking to The MJ as he prepares to stand down from the presidency of Solace, Robin Tuddenham said his ‘worry is that we waste the moment spending all our time thinking about who's in charge and what the role of local government is versus mayoral strategic authorities [MSAs]' when ‘local government are the MSAs because they are based on constituent authorities'.
