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Next-door neighbours - collaborative working across the London boundary
Local government obsesses about boundaries: we think they’re always wrong. We spend hours, and pounds, looking at options for council reorganisation or Combined Authorities, and rarely agree where lines on maps should be drawn. We seem intent on imposing our own version of order on a complex world which doesn’t respect those lines. Nowhere is that more true than in and around our capital city. London’s economic and social networks stretch beyond the GLA’s administrative boundaries into neighbouring districts. Nearly…
Next door neighbours - collaborative working across the London boundary
Local government obsesses about boundaries: we think they’re always wrong. We spend hours, and pounds, looking at options for council reorganisation or Combined Authorities, and rarely agree where lines on maps should be drawn. We seem intent on imposing our own version of order on a complex world which doesn’t respect those lines. Nowhere is that more true than in and around our capital city. London’s economic and social networks stretch beyond the GLA’s administrative boundaries into neighbouring districts. Nearly…
Rail passengers in southern England forced to subsidise passengers in rest of Britain
Rail passengers in southern England are being forced to subsidise passengers in rest of Britain – paying 16p a mile more than the cost of running their service In 2016/17 South West Trains (SWT) passenger were forced to pay 16.6p per mile travelled more than the cost of running the service. (The overpayment totals £662m.) Passengers on Southern trains paid 10.5p per mile more than the cost of running their service. At the same time passengers in northern England, Scotland…
Open Data publishing workshop
A few months ago lots of people helped the Open Data Institute (ODI) crowdsource a Long List of Open Data Publishing Tools. Many of those tools now appear in the ODI’s Open Data Publishing Tools Audit. On Wednesday 27th September ODI Hampshire is running a workshop on behalf of the ODI for people and organisations who publish data. The emphasis is on statistical data, but anyone who publishes data is welcome to attend, and there’s still time to register via…