This article reports on developments related to local governments in Great Britain. The first recommendations from the Local Government Commission show that it is prepared to consider radical new arrangements. Population size has long been an important influence on local government structure in Britain,...
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while local governments compete for the opportunity to serve as pilot sites. This creates an interaction between the central “top-level design” and local “autonomous exploration”. Local officials often respond proactively to the central government’s calls for ...
The Commission on London Governance was formed in 2004 with the remit to examine the workings of all aspects of government in the capital and recommend an outline for reform. Since then the 2004 Greater London Authority elections have intervened and the subsequent reduction in Labour representation ...
In a letter to the service Sir David said: “After April 2013, these local arms would oversee commissioning groups that have been authorised and would also commission some of those services, such as primary care, which are directly commissioned by the board.” ...
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Last month, the United States Federal Trade Commission enacted a law banning fake reviews, following earlier consumer practices introduced by the EU’s Digital Services Act. In what appears to be a move to comply with these new legal requirements, Google is taking additional steps to crack down...
This paper describes research commissioned by The Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland [LGBCS] on changing aspects of 'the role and workload of councillors [to] help inform our future reviews of electoral arrangements'. It is based on a background review of the literature on council...
In line with this, the European Commission has launched the “European Green Deal,” which aims to make the economy of the EU Member States sustainable through measures that turn climate and environmental challenges into opportunities [5]; other priorities in the EU include investing in creating ...
The public sector group is composed of actors who are connected to the national government and/or depend on it, whereas the private sector group consists of private associations, NGOs, public universities, and research institutes because they are generally independent of the national government (see...