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The forgotten last chapters of localism
Ian Briggs “Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance”, George Bernard Shaw once wrote – it seems to sum up some extraordinary lessons that the recent winter weather is offering...
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The ‘Detroit question’ and Parish Councils
Ian Briggs The agenda on public service integration continues apace: discrete organisations working together in partnership has been the ideal in the past, but we are now in a world where the...
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Local democracy at the sharp end: diary from a Parish Council
Ian Briggs It starts in the autumn of 2013. The Secretary of State knocks back the latest submission of the Core Strategy from the District Council – more homes needed please. Suddenly, the Parish...
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Cinderella has been at the ball for more than a century and no one has...
Ian Briggs Local government has struggled with the concept of localism for far longer than most of us might think. It has not just been the clarion call of localism from the Coalition Government since...
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