The New Statesman
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Scotland’s local councils are, and have been for some time, grievously unhappy places.
Their relationship with the Holyrood government is fractious and increasingly embittered.
But it is not their fault that they have little capacity to fix any of this.
It is now 30 years since Ian Lang redesigned local government north of the border.
Reform Scotland has long argued for greater powers and responsibilities to a local level.
Are we really convinced the Scottish government will always do a better job than local elected leaders in policing, economic development or further education? This is an important and overdue debate, and it needs to accelerate, says McConnell.
Since lockdown fundamentally changed the way many of us live, we spend more time at home and can perhaps see the problems in our communities more vividly.
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