Ɨ by DAVID EVERSLEY
The Hunt Report has been published and most of its recommendations rejected; the Maud Report on Local Government is imminent, but other reports are still far behind in the pipeline. Is Government by Public Enquiry, admittedly an old British tradition, really the best we can do?
Dr. Eversley, Reader in Population Studies in the University of Sussex, has just been appointed Chief Strategic Planner to the Greater London Council.