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Pickles hails 'effective' Doncaster intervention

Ministers have pointed to the successful intervention in Doncaster MBC as proof targeted approaches ‘can turn around a dysfunctional mayoral administration’.

Ministers have pointed to the successful intervention in Doncaster MBC as proof targeted approaches ‘can turn around a dysfunctional mayoral administration'.

Communities secretary Eric Pickles made the claim in a written ministerial statement issued yesterday announcing his decision to end Doncaster's statutory corporate governance intervention, which was put in place in 2010.

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