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Budget: LEP consultation ‘strongly’ welcomed by local government leaders

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The government’s intention to transfer the functions of Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) to councils, announced in chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s budget, has been “strongly supported”

A large cohort of CFOs have been put back into a “washing machine of turmoil” following the government’s decision to pause and review local government reorganisation (LGR).

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