The Times Online - What next for councils of despair?:
"SOMETHING IS ROTTEN in the state of local government. Just two and a half years after the reforms of the Local Government Act 2000 completely transformed the way town halls operate, furious voices are being raised...
...Now councillors are paid and officers make decisions. The Act was lobbied for by those who would gain most: senior officers who would get enhanced power and prestige to justify salary increases; senior councillors who would get generous salaries and pension rights in place of their meagre attendance allowances; and private industry supplying local councils who would gain from an accelerated privatisation policy.
They worked together in organisations such as the New Local Government Network of “senior local government figures” working with the private sector ( “corporate partners”) and seeking to “transform local services"...
(Via The Times Online.)
This article is a must read.
Every word speaks of Lewisham.
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Cllr Andrew Brown for bringing our attention to it.
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