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Clearer accountability will aid devolution

Happy New Year to all The MJ’s readers, may 2015 bring you health, happiness and… Perhaps prosperity is a little unlikely.

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By Heather Jameson | 06 January 2015

Happy New Year to all The MJ's readers, may 2015 bring you health, happiness and… Perhaps prosperity is a little unlikely.

As ever, the year closed with the local government finance settlement. The settlement is becoming less about who gets what and more about how broken the local government finance system is. The answer is: very broken.

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