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MPs are today debating Conservative proposals to give councils far more power over how their local communities are run. The sustainable communities bill would allow local authorities to demand details of how Whitehall funds are spent in their area and, if necessary, demand this be changed to better reflect the neighbourhood’s needs. It would also… Read more »
Tony Blair has strongly defended his pursuit of centrist policies over the past ten years, and warned Labour that moving back to the left would only result in electoral defeat. The prime minister rejected as “bulldust” the idea that people wanted more traditional Labour policies but that he had been refusing it, arguing: “The leaders… Read more »
