The majority of councils are delivering high levels of services to local people, and most of them are getting even better, according to the results of the Comprehensive Performance Assessment published today. They show four out of five single tier and county councils achieving 3 or 4-star ratings and for the second year there are no authorities in the no-star category.

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The future shape of local government in and around Exeter, Ipswich and Norwich has been referred to the Boundary Committee. It has been asked to advise on possible arrangements in the three areas after the Government’s previous ruling that proposals for unitary councils put forward for the three cities in January last year had not met all its strict criteria.

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Ronald E. Riggio, Ira Chaleff and Jean Lipman-Blumen, Editors.

The book draws upon various disciplines, from philosophy, to psychology and management, to education, to define and redefine followership and its variety of meanings. It looks at the practice and research that promotes positive followership and examines when and how followers fail to rise to the challenge of active constituency.

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