Clark: Time to simplify local government

By Heather Jameson | 14 June 2023

The time has come for local government reorganisation and for councils to be given more power, former levelling up secretary Greg Clark has said.

Speaking to The MJ, he said: ‘I do think the time has come to think about the two-tier structure of local government.

'Often residents don’t really understand who is responsible for what and I think a conversation as to how we can have a simpler system is probably medium-term.’

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