The future of local government . is is also true of both the intra-muraland the extra-mural work of Universities. But, how-ever far regional activity might be carried in thesespheres, the great bulk of educational work would cer-tainly remain in the hands of the smaller authorities,acting under the Region much as they now act underthe national Board of Education. Nor is educationsingular in this respect. In most spheres of LocalGovernment action, the Region would leave the majorpart of the actual work of administration in the handsof the smaller authorities. But what would these smaller author
The future of local government . is is also true of both the intra-muraland the extra-mural work of Universities. But, how-ever far regional activity might be carried in thesespheres, the great bulk of educational work would cer-tainly remain in the hands of the smaller authorities,acting under the Region much as they now act underthe national Board of Education. Nor is educationsingular in this respect. In most spheres of LocalGovernment action, the Region would leave the majorpart of the actual work of administration in the handsof the smaller authorities. But what would these smaller authorities be ? Ihave so far spoken of them in general terms, as if theywould remain, broadly speaking, as they are , however, could hardly be altogether the have already, in the second chapter, made anattempt to describe in the broadest possible outline themain existing forms of Local Government organiza-tion. Let us now, taking each of these in turn, seewhat would be likely to become of it under a regionalsvstem. 86. ENGLAND & WALES English Miles^o 4P ^0 Universities and Collegesand Districts of WorkersEducatioaal Association lewcdStle -Welsh Aberystwythi WestMidland ^^*= . District ^^ tast . Nottingham tMidland! u C EasternDistrict Cambridge U. SouthWestern K«tlor CCl District , ^ ^ South . , ,. esterrV\Readintr stol U. District Eastern District -Southampton -^ Cr\ The Future of Local Government The County Borough.—There is no reason forany change in the form or structure of the CountyBorough itself; but clearly its relation to the Regionwould be very different from the relation, or lack ofrelation, which it now bears to the County. It wouldlose, indeed, the splendid isolation which it possessesunder the Local Government system of to-day, andwould play its part in the co-ordinated administrationof the Region with some sacrifice of absolutely con-tinuous self-direction. But, on balance, it would gainmore by emancipation from the centr
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