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Austerity must be eased

Heather Jameson says that without the return of business rates or a solution to the social care crisis, the only option must be the easing of austerity.

From a local government perspective, today's Queen's Speech is as notable for what is not in it as what is. 

Namely, the lack of the Local Government Finance Bill, which fell when Theresa May called her ill-fated snap election before it reached the statute books. 

Heather Jameson

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