Controlling, but clear and decisive. That was the style generally expected of the new prime minister. Instead, six months on, a state of indecision seems to pervade Whitehall. First, we were going to have a rubbish tax. Then we weren't. The Government announced plans to remove excessive school balances. The backed off. And, of course, the; was the election that never wa This uncertainty has now spread to plans to set up regional select committees. July's Green Paper on the Governance of Britain suggested such committees would 'offer an important step forward in democratic accountability and scrutiny of the delivery of public services i' the English regions'.
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