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100			_aEntwistle, Tom
245			_aExplaining the birth of the local government association
260			_c2002
300			_ap.91-102.
362			_aSpring
520			_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.
650			_aLocal government
773			_aLocal Government Studies
909			_a52285
999			_c52285 _d52285