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This final chapter describes and discusses some of the changes and proposals that have emerged in 2016 and looks briefly into the future. The change of a prime minister occasioned by the result of the referendum on membership of the European Union (EU) has accelerated the passage of the 2017 Crime and Policing Act with its proposals for Police and Crime Commissioners to take direct responsibility for Fire and Rescue Services. The legislation also proposes to re-establish an independent inspectorate, new national standards and a new and more transparent accountability framework. That is for another book as the end of 2016 provides an appropriate place to close our narrative.
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Murphy, P., Greenhalgh, K. (2018). 2016 and the Future: Changing the Governance Paradigm as Well as the Operating Environment if Not the Financial Context. In: Murphy, P., Greenhalgh, K. (eds) Fire and Rescue Services. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62155-5_15
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