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New borrowing powers needed to speed up development

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Councils should be given extra powers to borrow against future receipts from planning obligations to speed up development, according to a government-commissioned report. The

Until recently, the FRC had little involvement in local government affairs. But with investigations into council officers becoming more frequent, where is the political accountability?

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