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Alex Thomson looks at the importance of parish councils for local government.

For many people, mention of parish councils leads inexorably, if unfairly, to thoughts of The Vicar of Dibley.

And, with parish councils' responsibilities involving managing village halls and public toilets, it is perhaps inevitable that they often provoke more smiles than respect.

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