Ensuring effective overview and scrutiny in a re-organised local government system : a case study of the move to unitary status in England

This thesis is a comparative analysis of the impact of local government reorganisation on the overview and scrutiny functions across four unitary local authorities in England. The creation of new unitary authorities in England in 2009 gave an opportunity to compare how they have maintained and devel...

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Main Author: Thompson, Philip
Published: Northumbria University 2011
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.553628