Stop hopping around

摘要

I here is a certain curiosity in local government minister David Miliband launching a debate about structures in two-tier areas in England, while the Lyons review is considering the function and form of local government. The review seems likely to report after a White Paper on the subject from the ODPM. And all of this follows the still-recent publication of the ODPM's five-year (10-year) strategy for local government, itself only 18 months old.