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Birmingham finance chief calls for modernisation of s114 system

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The time is right to modernise the section 114 regime, according to Carol Culley, executive director of finance at Birmingham City Council.

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Culley said the intense financial pressure on local government – and the fact some authorities had misused the process by “crying wolf” over their

‘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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