Dan Bates: what now for local government reorganisation?

With the deadline for proposals in priority areas passing, Dan Bates looks at the government’s options for local government reorganisation, where financial resilience fits in evaluations, and what the next steps will be.

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Last Friday (26 September) was the deadline for local government reorganisation (LGR) proposals from the six county areas in the government’s devolution priority programme;

Dan Bates: what now for local government reorganisation?

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