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Osborne’s hammer blow to local government in latest Spending Review cuts

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By Heather Jameson | 25 November 2015

Osborne's hammer blow to local government in latest Spending Review cuts

Local government faces a 56% cut in central government grant from 2015/16 to 2019/20, according to figures released by the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) alongside the Spending Review yesterday.

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