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'Fragmented system wastes money'

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Should local government be given more control over spending and taxation?

Sir Michael Bichard, executive director of the Institute for Government, and local government expert Tony Travers, of the LSE, discuss a pilot scheme to test the water and examine plans by political parties to allow greater local control.

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