“The current law is not sensible – a company owned by one local authority is subject to the Act but a company owned by two local authorities is not.

A more sensible approach is to make all companies owned two thirds or more by any number of public authorities subject to the Act.”

http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/publiccompanies/

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John Cross

This request for a copy of a set of byelaws highlights the strange situation that people in the UK are bound by rules set at local level varying from one area to another but have no easy way of finding out what they are.

http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/copy_of_by_law_in_henley_on_tham

Surely, something needs to be done to address this.