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LGR: Maps, Mayhem & the Lame Ducks | Rowan Cole & Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) Series

Podcast door Rowan Cole & Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) Series

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Local Government Reorganisation is often sold as a technical exercise—a simple redrawing of maps and merging of contracts. The reality is brutally personal. The LGR Series tracks the micro-politics of the transition. From "Lame Duck" councillors voting on legacy, to the collision of twelve organisations combining and hidden housing deficits, we monitor the risks that others miss. Join Editor Rowan Cole, and guests, for evidence-based analysis and exclusive interviews with the leaders sitting in every seat around the committee table. The LGR Series is a project by COALFACE™

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From Structure to Authority: Why Reorganisation Only Works When Governance Is Taken Seriously

Local Government Reorganisation is often treated as a technical exercise in redrawing boundaries and merging councils. This article argues that structure alone does not determine success. Drawing on a detailed conversation with former council chief executive Robert Moran, it examines why reorganisation only improves planning and delivery outcomes when councils are clear about authority, delegation and political leadership from the outset. Using Surrey as a live test case and linking to earlier interviews in the LGR Governance Series, the piece explores how governance choices made in the first year shape planning performance, public trust and organisational confidence long after vesting day.

7 jan 2026 - 12 min
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Why Local Government Reorganisation Fails Without Strong Governance: Interview with Andrew Kelly

Local Government Reorganisation is reshaping councils, planning systems and democratic accountability across England. In this episode of the LGR Governance Series, series editor Rowan Cole speaks with former Cabinet Member for Planning Andrew Kelly about the democratic consequences of creating larger unitary authorities. While reorganisation is often sold as an efficiency reform, Kelly argues the real risk sits elsewhere. Fewer councillors, larger wards and more distant decision making can weaken local representation, stretch casework capacity and erode public trust. Drawing on lived experience from Surrey and beyond, this conversation explores what happens when scale grows faster than democratic capacity. The discussion examines why planning decisions can never be purely technical, how judgement and accountability shape outcomes, and why political oversight matters most on controversial or finely balanced schemes. Kelly also reflects on reform fatigue, transition risk and the danger of councils beginning life with thin electoral mandates. This episode is essential listening for councillors, planning officers, developers, consultants and anyone working in or around local government reform. It offers grounded insight into the trade offs behind Local Government Reorganisation, and why democratic legitimacy may be the hardest issue for new councils to resolve. Subscribe to the LGR Series for expert analysis on governance, planning reform and the future of local democracy in England.

4 jan 2026 - 8 min
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