Local government is the most successful tier of government but will be shafted with more financial burdens as a result, a respected expert has warned.
London School of Economics professor Tony Travers lifted the spirits of a packed London Summit after a Wandsworth councillor told the conference he was feeling ‘depressed’ by all the discussions of funding cuts, financial failure and a crippled social care sector.
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