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Philip Hammond MP warns that councils will have to make radical decisions in order to deliver existing services with less money.
Cities and their surrounding areas could be governed by elected mayors with wide-ranging powers over tax, policing and health.
Lord Freud, Shadow Minister for Work and Pensions, welcomed NLGN’s latest report, describing it as “the best thing I’ve read on the localism agenda”.
NLGN argues that a place-based approach is needed for employment and skills, with greater local economic activism by councils to steer funding towards particular sectors to stimulate new jobs.
As the number of high street stores closing increases, this report is calling for councils to step in and offer local businesses tax incentives if they invest in their area.
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There is scope for localism in the welfare stateFeb 4Very few politicians have dared touch the idea of decentralising the welfare state, primarily because of its close affinity with UK citizenship and the potential pitfalls and undesirable consequences that could arise if handled incorrectly.
Chris Leslie, Local Government Chronicle
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Local government has a real chance to show that it can handle complex change better than Whitehall. James Kirkland, Corporate Networks Manager
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