01218pab a2200169 454500008004000000100001900040245006100059260000900120300001400129362001100143520071300154650002100867773002900888909001000917999001700927952010400944180718b2002   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aEntwistle, Tom  aExplaining the birth of the local government association  c2002  ap.91-102.  aSpring  aIn 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.  aLocal government  aLocal Government Studies  a52285  c52285d52285  00104070aIIPAbIIPAd2018-07-19hVolume no: 28, Issue no: 1pAR52715r2018-07-19w2018-07-19yAR