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CASH STRAPPED councils have sold a staggering £15 billion worth of public land and buildings amid devastating budget cuts since 2010, a new report has found.
Communities up and down the country have lost an estimated 75,000 assets since the Tories came into power, according to the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR).
The think tank’s research, which was based on Freedom of Information (FoI) requests to local authorities, was released today alongside the launch of a citizens’ blueprint for levelling up.
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