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Are councils too risk averse to deliver on growth agenda?

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An “atmosphere of risk aversion” is being created at local authorities by a lack of incentives for getting “growth done well” and the imposition of sanctions when things go wrong.

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Jonathan Werran, chief executive at Localis, offered these comments while reflecting on the tension between driving investment pipelines for growth and the need for

‘Half-baked’ plans to overhaul Scottish local government will lead to significant financial costs that have not been thought through and risk repeating the flawed process of local government reorganisation (LGR) in England, ministers have been warned.

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