"Local government in England is simply too big.……" — Geoff Mulgan
"Local government in England is simply too big. Our lowest tier serves an average population of 118,500, while in the U.S. and across continental Europe the figures are more like several thousand."
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77 Quotes by Geoff Mulgan
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