
LATCos - Could these be a Better Way to Keep our Roads in Good Condition?
Local Authority Trading Companies - or LATCos in the jargon - are not new. They are authorised under the 2003 Local Government Act.
Local Authority Trading Companies - or LATCos in the jargon - are not new. They are authorised under the 2003 Local Government Act.
New Leader, New Party, New Programme
Recently was announced that Mayor of London Sadiq Khan had refused an offer of £73 million of funding from the government to start the Metropolitan Line Extension rail project (MLX). But now the Liberal Democrat Mayor of Watford, Dorothy Thornhill, has weighed in, saying this will not be "the end of the line" for the scheme.
Since April 2004, Dacorum Sports Trust (DST) has managed the sports services previously provided by Dacorum Borough Council (DBC) on a 20-year contract. Since starting up they have also contracted to run newer facilities and services.
The Conservative Cabinet of Dacorum Borough Council is pushing ahead with a decision to dump its own leisure experts and ignore its own sports policy, without first developing a strategy for the future of Dacorum's Leisure facilities.
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