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| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
| Personal name |
Entwistle, Tom |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
| Title |
Explaining the birth of the local government association |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
2002 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
| Extent |
p.91-102. |
| 362 ## - DATES OF PUBLICATION AND/OR SEQUENTIAL DESIGNATION |
| Dates of publication and/or sequential designation |
Spring |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
| Summary, etc. |
In the summer of 1995 the three local authority associations that had provided English and Welsh local authorities with their national representation voted to merge and form the Local Government Association. This article explains the merger as dependent upon the coincidence of three conditions. The first was a positive belief in the benefits of merger shared by the leaderships of the three associations. The second was a disruption of the status quo prompted by the Conservative government's proposals for local government reorganisation. The third was a change in Labour Party policy away from the defence of a dedicated metropolitan association to a preference for a unified cross-party association. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Local government |
| 773 ## - HOST ITEM ENTRY |
| Main entry heading |
Local Government Studies |
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