"Dave" wrote in message
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So perhaps we should wind back *all* the 1960s local Government
revisions and go back to having local parish councils only.

While I agree with most of your points, I don't know what you mean here.
Before the GLC was formed, we had boroughs (e.g. Bromley, Beckenham) and
urban districts (e.g. Penge, Orpington), and above them in the hierarchy
there was a county council (Kent for those areas). That's not "having local
parish councils only".
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Richard J.
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