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Choices remain on how to balance the books

Each political party’s borrowing requirement would see the books balanced in the next Parliament, but there remains a set of substantive choices, with significant implications for local government budgets, writes John Healey.

Each political party's borrowing requirement would see the books balanced in the next Parliament, but there remains a set of substantive choices, with significant implications for local government budgets, writes John Healey

The chancellor's Autumn Statement this month brought a flurry of bad economic tidings, rather than festive cheer.

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