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Row over as LGA sticks with growth board

The Local Government Association (LGA) has stepped back from threats to pull out of the National Growth Programme Board (GPB) in a row over European Union funding.

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By Dan Peters | 08 April 2015

The Local Government Association (LGA) has stepped back from threats to pull out of the National Growth Programme Board (GPB) in a row over European Union funding.

A government decision to effectively remove local partners from decisions on how to spend European Structural Investment Funds had angered councils.

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