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Emerging realities of local government reorganization

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This article reviews ministerial claims about the financial benefits of the nine new unitary councils in England and finds them wanting. The new councils' own estimates for costs and savings use a variety of assumptions, some of which are plainly wrong. The resulting figures are not comparable between authorities and are difficult to reconcile with ministerial claims. The Department of Communities and Local Government (CLG) evidently does not apply rigorous evaluation standards and has a track record of refusing to divulge the evidence upon which decisions are taken and performance claims are made.

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  • Michael Chisholm, 2010. "Emerging realities of local government reorganization," Public Money & Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 30(3), pages 143-150, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:pubmmg:v:30:y:2010:i:3:p:143-150
    DOI: 10.1080/09540960903513847
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    1. Michael Chisholm, 2002. "The Cost of Local Government Structural Reorganisation in Great Britain during the 1990s," Environment and Planning C, , vol. 20(2), pages 251-262, April.
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    1. Mark Callanan & Ronan Murphy & Aodh Quinlivan, 2014. "The Risks of Intuition: Size, Costs and Economies of Scale in Local Government," The Economic and Social Review, Economic and Social Studies, vol. 45(3), pages 371-403.

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