Who stole the town hall?

Arguing that the UK Government intends to privatise all local services through its devolution agenda, Peter Latham proposes a new basis for federal, regional and local democracy, including land value taxation and a wealth tax.

List of contents

Introduction;
The Localism Act 2011, Open Public Services and the neoliberalisation of councils;
Imposed 'metro' mayors: new wine in old bottles;
Police and Crime Commissioners: another half-baked' import;
Local government finance;
Towards a new basis for federal, regional and local democracy.

About the author

Dr Peter Latham is a sociologist whose thesis on Theories of the Labour Movement in the 1970s used Antonio Gramsci's concept of the organic working-class intellectual to explain 20th-century rank-and-file movements in the British building industry. From 1999 to 2006 he was Treasurer and then Secretary of the Labour Campaign for Open Local Government. He is a member of the Communist Party of Britain's Economic Committee and the Labour Land Campaign and is a delegate to Croydon Trades Union Council.

Summary

Arguing that the UK Government intends to privatise all local services through its devolution agenda, Peter Latham proposes a new basis for federal, regional and local democracy, including land value taxation and a wealth tax.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Latham, Peter (Former Treasurer and Secretary of the Labour Campaign for Open Local Government) Latham
• Publisher: Policy Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.03.2017
• EAN: 9781447337270
• ISBN: 978-1-4473-3727-0
• No. of pages: 190
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 209 g
• Series: Short Guides
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Urban, spatial and country planning; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education