Meanwhile ion Croydon: the Govt. is sending in commissioners to run the local council for two years in an attempt to reverse its budgetary crisis.

Given the crisis in local government is broadly caused by a lack of central Govt. funding alongside the expansion in costs of fulfilling councils' legally required services, whatever you think of councillors this is a crisis largely made by Govt.

Is taking control therefor just more centralisation of governance?

#politics
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jun/12/croydon-council-finances-report