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‘Genuine’ public sector reform still lacking: LATIF North panel

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Local government is a sector “on the edge” with the scale of “genuine” public sector reform still lacking, a panel of finance directors at LATIF North has said.

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“We’ve not had anywhere near the scale that we need of genuine public sector reform. We still have quite fragmented systems and misaligned incentives,”

‘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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