LGA shuffles the chairs

20 Aug 09
The Local Government Association has revamped its structure with an announcement of new chairs for its boards
The Local Government Association has revamped its structure with an announcement of new chairs for its boards.

Paul Bettison moves from environment to chair the Local Authorities Co-ordinators of Regulatory Services, while Les Lawrence becomes chair of the safer communities board. He was previously children and young people chair, a role now taken by Shireen Ritchie.

David Parsons and David Sparks remain as chairs respectively of improvement and regeneration & transport. The new faces on the boards are Ritchie, a councillor at Kensington and Chelsea, and Gary Porter, South Holland district council leader, who takes over from Bettison.

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