Mr. Hevesi pointed out that the largest authorities had issued a large number of bonds with very little oversight by the Legislature or the state administration.
Some of the larger authorities were cooperative with The Times's survey in providing data on employment, while some others seemed unaccustomed to public inquiry.
The second largest authority is the German magazine c't, which initiated a PGP certification campaign in 1997 (A second, older c't key is also still among the largest hubs, with 289 signatures. See http://www.heise.de/security/dienste/Krypto-Kampagne-2111.html for more details).
All those years ago, I was leader of Sheffield city council – the fourth largest authority in Britain – and chair of the local government campaign unit.
Compulsory food collections by local authorities are key to the new campaign – currently only 40% of councils have separate food waste collections, while Birmingham – the UK's largest authority – still relies on black bag collections of mixed waste.
Birmingham city council, the UK's largest authority, has announced plans to cut a further 6,000 jobs and reduce a wide range of services to make savings of more than £300m.
An important role during this fight is actually played by the regional authorities in Greece and especially by Attica as the largest regional authority.
The largest local authority in the country, Birmingham, would lose £105m next year from its budget.
