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035 _a(Sirsi) u116642
100 _aBlake, L.
245 _aFrom Poplar to Porter
260 _c2002
490 _aEstates Gazette
_v(0202) 12 January 2002, 94-95(2)
520 _aConsiders the guilty verdict against Dame Shirley Porter for wilful misconduct in the historical context of challenges to local authority policies involving financial loss. British local government is based upon the 19th century model for municipal corporations and are open to any challenge that they have exceeded, or misused, their statutory powers. Also considers the case of Poplar LBC in 1920s where George Lansbury decided to pay a minimum wage well above other borough councils.
590 _aABS
650 _aMAGILL V PORTER
650 _aROBERTS V HOPWOOD
650 _aLLOYD V MCMAHON
650 _aLOCAL AUTHORITIES
650 _aWESTMINSTER CC
650 _aLOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE
650 _aLAW-UK
690 _aLOCAL GOVERNMENT
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