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Blears: Time to deliver on Devolution

Published: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 11:17:56

Hazel Blears unveiled the first phase of guidance for new Local Area Agreements (LAAs) today marking a radical letting go of Whitehall controls to give councils and communities more power to decide their own local priorities.

The first round of LAAs are already making a difference to local communities. New LAAs will go even further by giving local government more freedom to put greater energy, focus and funding on the issues that matter most to their communities such as tackling guns and gangs, getting people into work, improving maternity services and support for older people.
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