Council shake-up must promote sustainable reform over short-term fixes
Reorganisation could create larger versions of dysfunctionality, warns independent report Local government reorganisation (LGR) risks reinforcing the status quo by creating “bigger, suboptimal organisations”, which fail to bring about a step change in public service...
‘We need more homes, not just more planning permissions’
Cllr Richard Wright, the DCN’s planning spokesperson, has responded to the publication of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill. “We want to see more of the homes and infrastructure that our communities so desperately need. There is lots to welcome in this new Bill:...
UPDATED: Performance data undermines case for mega councils
Little correlation between unitary councils’ size and service quality, official data reveals NOTE: This statement has been updated to reflect most recent data. Thank you to those who pointed out that our original press release did not use the most recent data in some...