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‘Hugely disappointing’: Autumn Statement offers no recognition of local government financial issues

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Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's Autumn Statement, which increased the Local Housing Allowance (LHA) and introduced new investment zones, failed to recognise the financial challenges local

‘Half-baked’ plans to overhaul Scottish local government will lead to significant financial costs that have not been thought through and risk repeating the flawed process of local government reorganisation (LGR) in England, ministers have been warned.

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