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Local government reorganisation: Financial sustainability amid uncertainty

'If the test for LGR across England is merely that the new arrangements should be no less unsustainable than the councils they replace, we are heading for trouble', warns Rob Powell.

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My last article was written just before the unexpected announcement that local government reorganisation (LGR) would be paused and reviewed in most counties, with decisions withdrawn in four.

That article opened with Bob Dylan's observation that ‘the times they are a-changin'. Little did we know how quickly they would change again. Later in the same song, Dylan warned: ‘Don't speak too soon, for the wheel's still in spin.'

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