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Unitary challenge rejected by Lords

The House of Lords has rejected a challenge to the controversial reorganisation of local government. The Liberal Democrats so-called ‘fatal motion’, urging peers to throw out the reorganisation plans, failed after more than three hours of debate this

The House of Lords has rejected a challenge to the controversial reorganisation of local government. The Liberal Democrats so-called ‘fatal motion', urging peers to throw out the reorganisation plans, failed after more than three hours of debate this week.

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