Who stole the town hall?: The End of Local Government as We Know It (Short Guides)

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Using illustrative examples from across the UK, Latham argues that the UK Government's devolution agenda conceals their real intention: to complete the privatisation of local government and other public services. He concludes that a new basis for federal, regional and local democracy in vital, including land value taxation and a wealth tax to fund increased provision of services.

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Using illustrative examples from across the UK, Latham argues that the UK Government's devolution agenda conceals their real intention: to complete the privatisation of local government and other public services. He concludes that a new basis for federal, regional and local democracy in vital, including land value taxation and a wealth tax to fund increased provision of services.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 188
Publisher: Policy Press
Published: 08 Mar 2017
ISBN 10: 1447337271
ISBN 13: 9781447337270

Media Reviews

Peter Latham provides a vivid account of how the power of local government has been reduced by central government and hollowed out by the private sector as well as making important suggestions for rebuilding it. Jane Lethbridge, University of Greenwich
Latham's passion for democracy and social justice shines through in his detailed critique of the latest wave of neoliberal attacks on local government. Kevan Nelson, North West Regional Secretary, UNISON
A serious analysis of how democracy in local government has been imperceptibly slipping away. Camden New Journal
Neoliberalism is unsustainable and this book uses compelling and accessible evidence that a different form of politics is both possible and essential. The Morning Star
This book is essential reading for anyone interested in local democracy and the provision of local services. In particular anyone thinking of standing as a local councillor should read it from cover to cover. Inside Croydon

Author Bio

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.