Summary
Local authorities must be freed from excessive Government control and handed new powers to help them make a real difference to the communities they serve, the leader of Birmingham City Council demanded last night.
Mike Whitby, speaking ahead of the expected launch tomorrow of a White Paper on local government, said Midland councils were "having the life strangled out of them" by Whitehall regulation.See the full content of this document
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Whitehall 'Red Tape Strangling Councils'
Urging Local Government Minister Ruth Kelly to be radical, Coun Whitby (Con Harborne) added: "We have one simple message for the Gover...
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