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Last week the Guardian revealed alarming aspects of governance in several of England ’s national parks.
National park boards appear to behave like private fiefdoms working on behalf of powerful local interests.
Internal drainage boards (IDBs) are supposed to drain agricultural land and control floods.
But the result of this drainage is often to speed water down catchment towards towns and cities.
A rare audit of an IDB, in south Wales , discovered that the board used public funds unlawfully.
The boards, based on a model established by the 13th century , are, like several aspects of rural governance in the UK , feudal in character and practice.
The chief officer of the drainage board was involved in proposing his own pay, apparently graciously deciding to raise it by 50% in four years .
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