Regeneration

Is it possible for a council to avoid cutting staff, maintain local services and keep funding the voluntary and community sector? Manjeet Gill reckons you can – and achieve a whole lot more. Austin Macauley meets her

If ever there was a council boss with their head above the parapet it’s Manjeet Gill. By insisting it’s possible to maintain services, avoid job cuts and actually invest in new initiatives she’s not so much peeping over the top as jumping up and down on it.

Giving local communities they tools they need to thrive is something which many of us have championed for a number of years. In my previous column, I discussed the benefits which enterprise zones can bring to areas of the country needing regeneration.