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Insights: The Legacy Debt Should Be Borne By Those Who Created This Sorry Mess
By Bernard Quoroll former local authority CEO Lottie Harding’s argument that all of us in West Surrey should share the legacy debts of the debtor councils, as expressed in her…
Insights: Time is Running Out for the Masterplan
By Bernard Quoroll former local authority CEO The recent exchange between Cllr George Potter and former Cllr John Rigg, deserves some unpicking. It followed publication of John Rigg’s opinion piece:…
Opinion: Insights – What Now For Local Government? Part 2 The Challenges
By Bernard Quoroll former local authority CEO In yesterday’s article I considered further the ramifications of the Local Government Reorganisation. See: What Now for Local Government Reorganisation? The Devil Is…
Insights: The Devil Remains in the Detail of this Sorry Mess of a Bill
By Bernard Quoroll former local authority CEO Dragon readers might be forgiven for not spotting and reading, ‘The English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill”, printed on July 10 and conveniently…
Insights: The Band on the Titanic Strikes Up ‘Devolution!’ – Part 3
By Bernard Quoroll Bernard Quoroll served as chief executive or a senior officer in six local authorities. He says that the radical proposed changes in the English Devolution White Paper…
Insights: The Band on the Titanic Strikes Up ‘Devolution!’ – Part 2
By Bernard Quoroll Bernard Quoroll served as chief executive or a senior officer in six local authorities. He says that the radical proposed changes in the English Devolution White Paper…
Insights: The Band on the Titanic Strikes Up ‘Devolution!’ – Part 1
By Bernard Quoroll Bernard Quoroll served as chief executive or a senior officer in six local authorities. He says that the radical proposed changes in the English Devolution White Paper…
Insights: Unitaries Are Not Necessarily a Silver Bullet
By Bernard Quoroll former local authorities chief executive officer and former Independent Person at Guildford Borough Council In response to: Unitary Authorities Are the Way Forward Beware what you wish…
Insights Interview: GBC’s Issues Go Much Deeper Than Who Chairs the Scrutiny Committees
The Guildford Dragon has been very fortunate to have received contributions from a former local authorities chief executive officer and former Independent Person at Guildford Borough Council. In this interview…
Insight: Guildford Borough Council’s ‘Incubation’
By Bernard Quoroll former local authority chief executive officer and “independent person” at Guildford Borough Council What do I mean “incubation”? An egg has been laid in the form of…
I'm living well for nothing at all! (See: No Trifling Matter: Magpie Trapped in Godalming Sainsbury’s)
Next stop, Debt Chasm! (See: We Should All Be Outraged About the Failure to Deal with Legacy Debt)
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