Fit for Purpose
All posts from: August 2010
It's the (real) economy, stupid
Councils have been asked to come to government with proposals for new sub-regional economic development partnerships. But in many areas disputes are breaking out over the geography of these new bodies. As councils focus more on the question of who they might partner with, rather than what their partnership might be for, local government is in danger blowing the excellent opportunity it has been handed, writes chief reporter Allister Hayman.
