tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post3206919322810398350..comments2023-11-03T15:48:35.688+00:00Comments on Paul Linford: So much for the new localismPaul Linfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01977920120772282561noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-21249940790104750732007-07-27T10:30:00.000+01:002007-07-27T10:30:00.000+01:00Paul, your belief in the new age Gordon Brown is i...Paul, your belief in the new age Gordon Brown is indeed touching.<BR/><BR/>Unitary councils have been around for over twelve years now, I am not aware of any evidence from, say, the National Audit Office indicating a better performance from unitary authorities compared with the county/district arrangement. The new proposals claim a saving of £150M when reducing 46 councils to 11.<BR/>The Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-91211096352937621042007-07-27T08:53:00.000+01:002007-07-27T08:53:00.000+01:00And for those of us on Teesside this leaves a bitt...And for those of us on Teesside this leaves a bitter taste in the mouth, as we are still left with four small and struggling unitaries when all common sense and reason should argue for a Teesside wide authrity. Howver, John Banham had received his orders from the Tories, and - aided and abetted by people like Peter Mandelson - he carved up a natural economic and social unit into four disparate Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-18104299194907559512007-07-26T23:39:00.000+01:002007-07-26T23:39:00.000+01:00I cannot believe that Ming is currently leading yo...I cannot believe that Ming is currently leading your poll. Are the Lib Dems blind as well as stupid?Garethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10021800974251370747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-48009456858065437092007-07-26T19:18:00.000+01:002007-07-26T19:18:00.000+01:00Agree this is retrograde. Sweden has devolved serv...Agree this is retrograde. Sweden has devolved services to locality level with great success according to my mate who is a councillor in Uppsala and France, not to mention most other EU countries, has much smaller administrative areas then we have.skipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02632351344359303404noreply@blogger.com