It has been an action-packed year so far for counties as their ride on the latest reorganisation round rollercoaster begins. But the new chair of the County Councils' Network (CCN) exudes calm at a time when others might be less sanguine about what the future holds.
In something of an understatement, Matthew Hicks, who took over as chair from Tim Oliver in September, tells The MJ ahead of the CCN Conference on 16-18 November in Marlow that ‘there's clearly a lot going on in local government'.
