Government should create unitary system, think-tank urges

By Dan Peters | 11 May 2020

The Government should create a unitary system of local government based on functional economic areas, a think-tank has argued.

Speaking at an event last week, policy officer at Centre for Cities, Simon Jeffrey, said unitaries should be created, each with a minimum population of 300,000.

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