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Councils 'vital' to recovery

The head of the CBI has called on councils to play their part in the economic recovery.

The head of the CBI has called on councils to play their part in the economic recovery.

Speaking at last week's Local Government Association annual conference in Birmingham, the director general of the business group, John Cridland, said: ‘How the UK attracts investment, delivers jobs and prosperity, and creates a sense of shared destiny is a job for local government, just as much as it is for anyone else.'

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