Almost one in five (18%) UK councils are going abroad on a city-to-city basis to find investment and develop trading links – up from 12% in 2018, according to the PwC annual survey of local government.
The survey also reveals three-quarters are not confident that central government will engage with cities and local government in reshaping regional investment and regeneration funds in a post-EU landscape.
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