Comments on: A glimpse of possibility http://www.antoniabance.org.uk/2006/10/26/a-glimpse-of-possibility/ Thoughts of Antonia, Labour activist and feminist in Oxford Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:38:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: jdc http://www.antoniabance.org.uk/2006/10/26/a-glimpse-of-possibility/#comment-31017 jdc Mon, 30 Oct 2006 10:03:47 +0000 http://www.antoniabance.org.uk/2006/10/26/a-glimpse-of-possibility/#comment-31017 "English standards in local govenment efficiancy, probity, accountability and delivery will remain below the European average." You think English standards of local government Probity are below the European average? Is this an amusing joke I don't get? “English standards in local govenment efficiancy, probity, accountability and delivery will remain below the European average.”

You think English standards of local government Probity are below the European average? Is this an amusing joke I don’t get?

]]> By: Nicholas Newman http://www.antoniabance.org.uk/2006/10/26/a-glimpse-of-possibility/#comment-30720 Nicholas Newman Sat, 28 Oct 2006 12:24:13 +0000 http://www.antoniabance.org.uk/2006/10/26/a-glimpse-of-possibility/#comment-30720 The trouble with these local govenment reforms is they do not go far enough. It looks like Whitehall has given in to pressure from councillors to water down these proposed reforms. Which sounds like the poor down trodden consumer citizen's interests will be ignored again. That means English standards in local govenment efficiancy, probity, accountability and delivery will remain below the European average. The trouble with these local govenment reforms is they do not go far enough. It looks like Whitehall has given in to pressure from councillors to water down these proposed reforms.
Which sounds like the poor down trodden consumer citizen’s interests will be ignored again. That means English standards in local govenment efficiancy, probity, accountability and delivery will remain below the European average.

]]> By: jdc http://www.antoniabance.org.uk/2006/10/26/a-glimpse-of-possibility/#comment-30547 jdc Fri, 27 Oct 2006 08:19:26 +0000 http://www.antoniabance.org.uk/2006/10/26/a-glimpse-of-possibility/#comment-30547 The actual proposals (in the Invitations to councils in England document) have rather scuppered any proposals for small unitaries - you have to pay out of revenue to work up the bid, you have to pay for the audit commission work inspecting the bid, your restructuring has to be self-financing out of revenue, the payback period has to be at most five years, and you're not allowed to change your boundaries unless you merge wholesale with another district. And if you're making a sub-county bid, your bid has to include proposals for what will happen in the rest of the county. The actual proposals (in the Invitations to councils in England document) have rather scuppered any proposals for small unitaries - you have to pay out of revenue to work up the bid, you have to pay for the audit commission work inspecting the bid, your restructuring has to be self-financing out of revenue, the payback period has to be at most five years, and you’re not allowed to change your boundaries unless you merge wholesale with another district. And if you’re making a sub-county bid, your bid has to include proposals for what will happen in the rest of the county.

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