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Two Councils – the Goldilocks choice

Two Councils – the Goldilocks choice

Oxfordshire’s councils are to be combined – and there are competing visions for how to do this, and a Government consultation seeks your input. In the third article of our short series, Councillor Maggie Filipova-Rivers, Leader of South Oxfordshire District Council, writes for the Clarion on why she believes the

There’s only one Oxfordshire

There’s only one Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire’s councils are to be combined – and there are competing visions for how to do this, and a Government consultation seeks your input. Oxfordshire County Council leader Liz Leffman writes for the Clarion on why she believes the right way forward is for one unitary council to manage the

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

Make Oxford Great(er) Again

Make Oxford Great(er) Again

Occasionally your Clarion team just stops and stares in admiration at the sheer political chutzpah of our city and county’s politicians. The ‘Greater Oxford’ proposals unveiled today by Oxford City Council are one such example. Politically, they’re one of the shrewdest moves we’ve seen. Malcolm Tucker would

Rearranging the pieces on the Oxfordshire cheeseboard

Rearranging the pieces on the Oxfordshire cheeseboard

Charles de Gaulle famously asked “How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?” Keir Starmer is asking how you can govern a country with 246 varieties of local council. France has 18 régions, which in turn are divided into départements, 101 in all. Add a few