Local councils' bid for new powers

Council leaders have launched a cross-party campaign to free English town halls from Whitehall interference and reform the way local services are funded.

Local Government Association (LGA) chairman Sir Merrick Cockell warned that the current system of central control was "bust" and called for local councillors to be given sweeping new powers over raising and spending funds in their areas.
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