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WHITEHALL
When the jury is still out
By John Stewart | 01 August 2007
In ‘Brown’s constitutional challenge’ (The MJ, 21 June), we put forward tests to assess Gordon B...
WHITEHALL
Comparing Lyons to Layfield
By John Stewart | 12 April 2007
The Lyons report is a major contribution to the development of local government in the 20th centu...
WHITEHALL
Hello to the bye-laws
By John Stewart | 28 February 2007
New powers to enact bye-laws without Whitehall permission could be a boon to local authorities’ ‘...
WHITEHALL
Making friends and influencing people
By John Stewart | 10 January 2007
No-one has explained why it was essential to issue the White Paper on local government in October.
WHITEHALL
Free the mayoral chains
By John Stewart | 20 December 2006
The Government is pushing for directly-elected mayors – and there is talk of directly-elected cab...
WHITEHALL
Putting a dampener on structure
By John Stewart | 13 December 2006
Few have commented on the local government White Paper’s new option for political structures – th...
WHITEHALL
Will they learn to listen?
By John Stewart | 08 November 2006
George Jones and John Stewart welcome the Local Government White paper
HEALTH
Bevan's U-turn
By John Stewart | 26 September 2006
In 1954, Labour’s pioneer of the NHS, Aneurin Bevan, wrote an article in the-then Municipal Journ...
FINANCE
Held to accountability
By John Stewart | 11 September 2006
George Jones and John Stewart – who were on the original Layfield Committee looking into local go...
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