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'Councils have the answers, not central government'

Local authorities are the most successful tier of government but will be shafted with more financial burdens as a result, a respected expert has warned.

Local authorities are the most successful tier of government but will be shafted with more financial burdens as a result, a respected expert has warned.

London School of Economics professor Tony Travers lifted the spirits of a packed London Summit at the weekend after a Wandsworth councillor told the conference he was feeling ‘depressed' by all the discussions of funding cuts, financial failure and a crippled social care sector.

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