We now have a plan to make England's local government work -- but I fear party politics will trash it; Angela Rayner's white paper on reform in this vital area is well-intentioned. The problems will be funding and sabotage

Byline: Martin Kettle I am under no illusions about this. Compared with Prince Andrew's latest disgrace or with Keely Hodgkinson's latest glittering prize, the reform of English local government is [...]