IAN Pearson’s supercomputer has done its number-crunching and decided that SEVEN is the magic number of councils for NI. Assuming each has 50 members, that would mean 350 councillors – and getting rid of 200 elected representatives. Personally, as a Belfast resident, I’m really looking forward to taking on Castlereagh Council’s debt in my rates…
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