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The risk of just rearranging those deckchairs

Graeme McDonald says that unless the sector comes together to argue for reform that truly changes the nature of local public services, we could just be pushing deckchairs around the Titanic’s promenade deck.

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Last autumn, I set out five principles I felt should guide change across the sector as we awaited policy announcements for the new Government.

With so much published in the run-up to Christmas, it is interesting to reflect on how the proposals outlined so far match up.

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