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There’s only one Oxfordshire – Matthew Barber on council reorganisation

There’s only one Oxfordshire – Matthew Barber on council reorganisation

In what is set to be Oxfordshire’s greatest political upheaval in a generation, the organisational map of the country is set to be redrawn. We wrote about the challenges of doing this in December. The change is so significant it deserves both open and wide debate. Today we open

We found £278m down the back of the sofa

We found £278m down the back of the sofa

Not us, you understand. (Though for those with incessant questions about “how is the Clarion funded?”, maybe that’s your answer.) Oxfordshire County Council has found £278m down the back of the sofa. Remember that number: 278. Here’s another number: 106. Section 106 sounds like an obscure early-80s post-punk