Costing Local Government Reform

Citation

McQuaid R (1993) Costing Local Government Reform. Local Government Studies, 19 (4), pp. 477-486. https://doi.org/10.1080/03003939308433695

Abstract
First paragraph: Recent government proposals to reform local government into single-tier systems throughout the United Kingdom have assumed that unitary authorities will lead to greater efficiency. However, existing evidence on whether the introduction of unitary authorities will reduce costs for a given level of services often contradicts this. This paper identifies a number of the problems of prior costing of local government reform and analyses a recent report for the Scottish Office estimating the costs and savings of moving to single-tier authorities.

Keywords
local government; cost

Journal
Local Government Studies: Volume 19, Issue 4