The tendency to lose local knowledge & subject large areas to the needs of the biggest city in the region is often commented on atm. It caused some problems when 999 services became organised regionally. How would you envisage this working at a local level? Would local accountability remain.
Good question. I think it depends on the service area but yes some public services would be best organised around local authorities and some around strategic authorities. The main point is consistency of boundaries as the building block of good public services.
The tendency to lose local knowledge & subject large areas to the needs of the biggest city in the region is often commented on atm. It caused some problems when 999 services became organised regionally. How would you envisage this working at a local level? Would local accountability remain.
Good question. I think it depends on the service area but yes some public services would be best organised around local authorities and some around strategic authorities. The main point is consistency of boundaries as the building block of good public services.