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Jeremy Beecham

Lord Beecham has been a Labour councillor for Benwell and Scotswood in Newcastle since 1967. He was leader of the Labour party on Newcastle city council from 1977 to 1994, and chairman of the Local Government Association from 1997 to 2010

August 2010

  • The NHS

    Joe Public blog
    'Big society' plans may not elicit much people power

    Jeremy Beecham

    Jeremy Beecham: Election turnouts for NHS trusts suggest voters have had little appetite for running major public services. Why will the 'big society' be any different?

February 2009

  • Central truth of Tory localism

    Jeremy Beecham

    Jeremy Beecham: Behind David Cameron's warm words lies the cold reality of a centralised, cost-cutting approach to local government

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