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Ignore the election bribes, look at the figures

Michael Burton advises local government managers and members to ignore the siren voices of electioneering politicians and look at the figures behind the party pledges.

Whatever the merits or defects of the coalition it has managed to give us stable government for five years during a period of huge global economic turmoil and the aftermath of the worst and longest recession since the Second World War.

So I must admit to a feeling of foreboding about the prospect of political instability in the UK at a time when, while the global economic picture is looking more promising, there are still very difficult fiscal challenges to be addressed here.

Michael Burton

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