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Katie Lam: Labour’s devolution plans are a shambles

For Burnham and for Labour, local government isn't about giving people choice over how their local area is run, and it isn't about providing local services either. It's just another forum for the high-tax, low-accountability politics which informs everything that this Labour Government has done since coming to power.

Katie Lam: Labour’s devolution plans are a shambles

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For Burnham and for Labour, local government isn't about giving people choice over how their local area is run, and it isn't about providing local services either.

It's just another forum for the high-tax, low-accountability politics which informs everything that this Labour Government has done since coming to power.

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For Burnham and for Labour, local government isn't about giving people choice over how their local area is run, and it isn't about providing local services either. It's just another forum for the high-tax, low-accountability politics which informs everything that this Labour Government has done since coming to power.

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