Nolan Principles Reinterpreted by Councillors Before Lunch
British councillors reinvent the seven Nolan Principles before lunch, turning public accountability into a committee devoted to everyone else’s mistakes.
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Fair Funding Review: Labour Tells Cheap Boroughs to Stop
Whitehall warns that affordable government could spread. LONDON, ENGLAND – The Labour Government’s attempt to reform local authority funding has uncovered a potentially dangerous development in British economic history: several London boroughs have apparently been running on considerably less council tax than their neighbours. According to the Evening Standard, Wandsworth, Westminster, Kensington and Chelsea, and Hammersmith and Fulham face particularly large potential increases under changes tied to Labour’s Fair Funding…