Make Council Cuts Deeper, Says Report ; As Few As 36 Members Could Run Authority
Sentinel, The; Stoke-on-Trent (UK) › September 20, 2009
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COUNCILLORS are facing renewed calls for their numbers to be cut.
The Government-appointed Transition Board has told the Boundary Commission that Stoke-on-Trent City Council should be cut from 60 to between 36 and 50 members in future - and anything above that number would show a "failure to grasp the need for change".See the full content of this document
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Make Council Cuts Deeper, Says Report ; As Few As 36 Members Could Run Authority
The board also called for a more strategic role for the council, with governance being devolved locally across the city, as well as more public involvement.
But t...See the full content of this document
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