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Gauging the pressures

Even if there is a slackening and the timetables are revised the pressure on spending won’t miraculously lift. What can UK authorities do as they await devolution resolutions, asks David Walker

Reading recent headlines, localists will be thinking that Christmas has come early. Chancellor George Osborne is seducing Bolton and Birmingham with promises of capital investment, mayors and major devolution.

Labour and other contenders in next year's elections are also sweet-talking councils over skills training, further education, transport and housing.

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