Thank goodness Labour’s ‘shambolic’ plan to reorganise local councils has been paused. What was it thinking? | Polly Toynbee

<p>This misconceived Treasury pet project may have been foisted on the government, but it would have added to voters’ mistrust in politics</p><p>Shock reverberated through England’s councils last week. “Beggars belief!” “Shambolic!” council leaders protested to the Local Government