Many challenges face local authorities and communities as they engage in the Government's Market Towns Initiative, launched in 2001. This article first considers vertical relationships and the conflicts which emerged when national and regional agencies attempted to roll out a top-down programme...

Many challenges face local authorities and communities as they engage in the Government's Market Towns Initiative, launched in 2001. This article first considers vertical relationships and the conflicts which emerged when national and regional agencies attempted to roll out a top-down programme...