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skelly's avatar

I think there are several tacks I would take if I was in their un-enviable shoes. First I would be very public with what I find. If my education budget has been destroyed by having to contribute the VAT on some private students school fees because I can't provide them education in state schools (despite spending on more teachers, assistants, and porta-cabins), I would be clearly communicating that to the public. All the mismanagement and unfunded impacts of central government policy out in the open. Then I would be implementing local DOGE projects, and again, very publicly tracking progress. When hard decisions need to be made, again, publicly explain the thinking and decision making, and potentially get a local referendum process going where when faced with "we can do this, but it will mean we can't do that" type situations the locals get to vote on what they actually want via town/village council referendums. Set direction, uncover the misadministration, get the communities engaged with what will effect them where possible.

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Patrick  Clarke's avatar

I'd add pushing back on everything connected with net zero, C40 cities, LTNs etc.

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