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Devolution white paper announcement accompanied by hint on unitary push

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Local areas could get more powers and cash from central government – but face government pressure to adopt unitary models, following this week’s Conservative

‘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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