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Why the postcode lottery should be welcomed

Ministers and many local authorities are reluctant to take the decentralising path because they fear it will lead to unacceptable variations in standards of services, the so-called ‘postcode lottery’. But there is a need to confront and demolish this

By George Jones, John Stewart | 05 November 2008

 It wants to end ‘postcode lotteries', whereby, in some parts of the country, standards fall below the rest. 

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