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LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Wheatley at 50 – plus ça change?
By Bill Howat | 04 September 2019
In 1969, the Wheatley review of Scottish local government said something was seriously wrong with...
MANAGEMENT
How do you close down a council?
30 July 2019
Two new unitaries – Dorset Council and BCP Council – came into being on 1 April this year. Mike H...
TRANSFORMATION
Final reflections
By Allen Graham | 24 July 2019
The MJ columnist Allen Graham has stood down as chief executive of Rushcliffe BC. He says the sec...
WHITEHALL
Brokenshire in unitary unanimity move
By Paul Marinko | 23 July 2019
Future unitary bids will only be considered if they are ‘coalescing around a single option,’ the ...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Unitaries are the best way to strengthen local government's economic role, says Lord Kerslake
By Ann McGauran | 25 June 2019
The former head of the civil service Lord Bob Kerslake has come down firmly in favour of unitarie...
FINANCE
United view?
By Ann McGauran | 12 June 2019
Chair of the LGA Lord Porter says the smaller unitaries have ‘probably a larger number of council...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Call for leader to quit after 'repeated failures'
By Dan Peters | 05 June 2019
Shadow local government secretary Andrew Gwynne has called for Northamptonshire CC leader, Matt G...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
The biggest challenge in local government
By Heather Jameson | 22 May 2019
Last week, James Brokenshire announced the reorganisation of Northamptonshire CC – a year later t...
FINANCE
'Diminishing' chief role to be axed
By Dan Peters | 16 May 2019
Aylesbury Vale DC (AVDC) will make the chief executive role redundant eight months before the cou...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Delay to Northamptonshire reorganisation welcomed
By Dan Peters | 14 May 2019
Council leaders have welcomed the year-long delay to plans to create two new unitaries in Northam...
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