10 ways councils are making budgets go further
Discover 10 ways councils are stretching budgets further, from digital transformation and energy efficiency to community partnerships and data-driven decision-making.
Merger challenge
Merger challenge
Solihull and Dudley MBCs and Birmingham and Coventry City councils have jointly started judicial review proceedings challenging the home secretary’s police merger proposals (The MJ, 1 June 2006). Sandwell and Walsall MBCs and Wolverhampton City Council are expected to sign up to protest against the merger at a later date.
One concern over the amalgamation of the West Midlands, Staffordshire, Warwickshire and West Mercia Police authority areas is that council tax bills will rise through precept
equalisation.
