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LGA vows to act over counties' concerns

Local Government Association (LGA) chairman, Lord Porter, has promised to act on Conservative county concerns about the way upper-tier interests are represented.

By Mark Conrad | 05 April 2017

Local Government Association (LGA) chairman, Lord Porter, has promised to act on Conservative county concerns about the way upper-tier interests are represented.

A group of five counties – Essex, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Surrey and West Sussex – last week served notice on the LGA that they could leave from April 2018.

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Popular articles by Mark Conrad

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