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REORGANISATION
Now back to the real world
By Chris Tambini | 30 November 2022
Chris Tambini takes a fantastical look at what he thinks a rational secretary of state could do -...
REORGANISATION
Mayoral model faces opposition in Cornwall
By Martin Ford | 29 November 2022
There are doubts over Cornwall Council’s devolution deal as the issue of a mayor remains a sticki...
FINANCE
Council in talks over safety valve breach
By Martin Ford | 03 November 2022
Dorset Council is holding talks with Whitehall as it expects to breach an agreement to pay off it...
HEALTH
Making a difference in Bedford
By Dan Peters | 02 November 2022
Bedford BC’s chief executive Laura Church is a fan of unitarisation, but she says it comes with i...
FINANCE
Council defends chief's controversial package
By Mark Conrad | 31 October 2022
Hambleton DC has defended a controversial £225,000 redundancy package for its chief executive.
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Unitaries are not an everywhere panacea
By Richard Stokoe | 04 October 2022
Based on his experience of living in Cornwall, Richard Stokoe concludes the current rural unitary...
FINANCE
New Somerset chief faces £44m deficit
By Martin Ford | 20 July 2022
Reining in a higher than expected budget gap will be among the priorities for the newly-announced...
REORGANISATION
Structural change not a cure-all for children's services
By Martin Ford | 11 July 2022
Structural change alone is not enough to turn around children’s services, a new report has found.
REORGANISATION
Councils told to end merger speculation
By Martin Ford | 28 June 2022
Two councils have been urged to ‘move on’ from merger proposals that have failed to get off the g...
WHITEHALL
A year of progress on county devolution
By James Maker | 28 June 2022
James Maker says that rather than stripping powers from any tier of local government, Clause 16 ...
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