Steve Bishop: There are too many councils and we cost too much
Steve Bishop is strategic director for South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils UK local government costs too much. It costs way more than it needs to. That’s[…]
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Steve Bishop is strategic director for South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils UK local government costs too much. It costs way more than it needs to. That’s[…]
Steve Bishop is strategic director for South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils. This article was originally published in Issue 4 of Room151 Quarterly magazine. South Oxfordshire (South) and Vale of[…]
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Local government is invariably about compromise. What customers need, what members want and what heads of different services are looking to achieve are nearly always difficulty to reconcile, if not[…]
Property rationalisation is an obvious win for councils but sovereignty struggles can get in the way argues Steve Bishop, strategic director for South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils I was a[…]
Steve Bishop is Strategic Director for South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils Local authority outsourcing has been back on the front pages recently and unsurprisingly the news has[…]
Steve Bishop is Strategic Director for South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils As I may have dazzled you with before, our major claim to fame at South Oxfordshire[…]
Steve Bishop is Strategic Director for South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils One of the councils I work for, Vale of White Horse, has been dealing with cuts[…]
Steve Bishop is Strategic Director for South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils Who can honestly say they work flat out all year round? I know I can’t. If[…]
Steve Bishop is Strategic Director for South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils When the Gershon Report was published nine years ago it said that local government loses £6,450m[…]
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