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An old idea, best left buried
By John Stewart | 06 February 2008
David Cameron’s proposal for local referenda on council taxes is a retread of a suggestion by Mic...
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We're still tackling those wicked issues
By John Stewart | 15 November 2007
'Wicked' issues are unsolved and hard-to-resolve problems - and local government encounters them ...
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Local government's constitutional right
By John Stewart | 22 August 2007
Gordon Brown's plans to consider the constitution include councils, but they should be seen as mo...
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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...
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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...
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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’ ‘...
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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.
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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...
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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...
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Will they learn to listen?
By John Stewart | 08 November 2006
George Jones and John Stewart welcome the Local Government White paper
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