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CHANCELLOR George Osborne was accused yesterday of cynically attempting to lay the blame for Tory spending cuts with Labour councils.
Shadow chancellor John McDonnell condemned “ideologically driven, unfairly distributed” cuts, in a statement issued with seven Labour council leaders.
They warned that cuts to libraries, elderly care and youth centres are “tearing apart the fabric of our local communities.”
With turnout plummeting and faith in Parliament collapsing, BERT SCHOUWENBURG explains how radical local government reform — including devolved taxation and removal of party politics from town halls — could restore power to communities currently ignored by profit-obsessed MPs
