Angela Rayner’s sneaky plot to send UK back to the 1970s | Politics | News [Video]

When you think of paragons of productivity and beacons of efficiency there are plenty of examples that might pop into your head.

Perhaps a steely Japanese bullet train, pulling into the station at the precise second it was scheduled. Or maybe a super fast German car production line, expertly assembling the very latest model to whizz around our streets.

What I promise will not come to mind, however, is the nimble nature of your local council. I know this because I myself am a local councillor.

I’m forever – rightly – getting it in the neck due to the often lackadaisical efforts of our local authority: from residents furious about potholes that have grown to the size of a moon crater through to those concerned dog poo bins are so overflowing they’re on the verge of creating a tsunami.

So to hear what could be on the cards for councils across the land is something that shouldn’t just upset …