Time to take Goliath head on

摘要

This summer, the Local Government Association (LGA) will have both a new political leader and a new chief executive. Both appointees, whoever they may be, will have to hit Smith Square running. They will inherit an organisation bruised by the inevitable downsizing and reorganisation, and less inevitably, by the tactics of the Government. The political complexion and balance of the LGA's general assembly will tilt slightly in the direction of the Labour Opposition, but for at least another 12 months, it will be dominated by the Conservatives, with or without their national government coalition partners, the Liberal Democrats.