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		<title>Ed Balls gets a lesson in &#8216;Clancynomics&#8217;&#8230; but don&#8217;t tell Sir Albert Bore</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2013 11:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whisper it softly and certainly don’t tell Sir Albert Bore but it seems that ‘Clancynomics’, the radical financial policy devised by backbench Birmingham city councillor John Clancy, is making an impact]]></description>
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		<title>Councils face anti-HS2 campaign &#8216;gagging order&#8217;, warns Local Government Association</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s being claimed that councils could lose their right to campaign against a range of contentious issues including high speed rail and green belt housing developments under Whitehall plans to curb]]></description>
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		<title>Councils say &#8216;yes&#8217; to house building, but private sector is slow to deliver</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Aug 2013 08:39:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The notion that councils are reluctant to grant planning permission for new housing has been challenged by a report exposing a backlog of 400,000 homes across England where approval has]]></description>
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		<title>LGA Chairman seeks to answer &#8216;The English Question&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jul 2013 12:15:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Benjamin Mulvihill]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Barnett formula]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sir Merrick Cockrell, Chairman of the Local Government Association, has set out a far reaching and radical vision for local government. Speaking at the Local Government Association Conference 2013, Cockell launchedRewiring Public Services]]></description>
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		<title>Vortex of debt meets the jaws of doom</title>
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		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/vortex-of-debt-meets-the-jaws-of-doom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2013 17:36:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Albert Bore]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Eric Pickles]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There can’t be many local authorities in the current economic climate knocking on Whitehall’s door demanding to take on additional responsibilities. But there again, Birmingham City Council can always be]]></description>
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		<title>Councils &#8216;face £16.5b shortfall&#8217; by 2020</title>
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		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/councils-face-16-5bn-shortfall-by-2020/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2012 08:45:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Local government is facing its greatest crisis under the twin cosh of savage spending cuts and the soaring cost of providing adult social care, a hard-hitting report has claimed. Unless]]></description>
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