What great news it was for district councils generally to see Oxford City Council win The MJ's Best Achieving Council award last month. As its next-door neighbour, I am delighted for leader Bob Price and chief executive Peter Sloman as well as all its councillors and staff. The win is greatly merited and a testament to the transformation that the council has gone through over the last 10 years. Looking further afield, it shows that the best district councils are as good as any councils in the country and it is good, at last, to see genuine recognition of that.
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