LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Beware the local government that bites back

Eric Pickles has created a more confident, more politicised local government with the determination to fight its own corner. Is this what he really wanted? asks Heather Jameson.

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By Heather Jameson | 10 December 2014

I wonder if Eric Pickles feels like he has created a monster.

Life used to be far simpler, back in the days of top-down prescription, with ring-fenced cash for ministerial priorities and clearly laid out council governance structures.

Heather Jameson

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Heather Jameson

Popular articles by Heather Jameson

  1. Children's social care reform must be more than money
  2. Finance chief exits cash-strapped council
  3. Chief rejects calls for resignation
  4. Is this the big bang revolution for public services?
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