"Local government that works is indispensable to the wider renewal of the state. It is also a rock without which the vital rebuilding of trust in politics is made altogether more difficult."
"This week's Labour government white paper on English local government is a coherent and well-intentioned document... the white paper ought not to be the last word... with which Labour has been struggling since its opposition days."
"Angela Rayner's introduction admits that England is one of the most centralised developed countries and that the controlling hand of central government is stifling initiative and development."
"In the end, the white paper's 118 pages should be seen as a progressive centraliser's wishlist. They imagine an England as seen by ministers in Whitehall."
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