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Residents trust local politicians more than Whitehall

Local politicians are trusted twice as much as their Westminster counterparts to make the right regional budgetary choices, pollsters have this week revealed.

Local politicians are trusted twice as much as their Westminster counterparts to make the right regional budgetary choices, pollsters have this week revealed.

Nearly one-third (32%) of councillors were trusted on sub-regional spending choices compared with 16% of national politicians, a YouGov survey of 2,002 online respondents commissioned by the Chartered Institute for Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) and issued 29 April indicated.

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