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Ian Parry

Ian Parry is Director of Governance Services at the Centre for Governance and Scrutiny.

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Twenty-five years of scrutiny

by Ian Parry

The Local Government Act 2000 marked one of the most significant shifts in English local democracy since the 1970s.

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