18-02-2018 13:16 via theguardian.com

Unbalanced Britain needs more devolution to manage Brexit

With woeful productivity in parts, local authorities should decide how to spend the cash that replaces EU fundsThroughout the 1980s, a war raged between Westminster and the rest of the country that has had lasting effects. Fearing councils under the control of Michael Foot’s Labour opposition, Margaret Thatcher stripped power from town halls in a sweeping political land grab that still marks Britain today.London’s economy during the 1970s and much of the 1980s had more in common with
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