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Spending Review heralds 'new world' of council finance

Council leaders have called for ‘fundamental reform’ of funding after the Spending Review launched a ‘new world’ of local government finance.

Council leaders have called for ‘fundamental reform' of funding after the Spending Review launched a ‘new world' of local government finance.

Chancellor George Osborne yesterday vowed that by 2019/20 local government would ‘spend the same in cash terms as it does today' and urged councils to ‘draw on reserves'.

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