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The Truth About Being a Councillor
Britain's councils are responsible for everything from social care and bin collections to potholes, planning and council tax. But with local authority debt now at a record high and many town halls warning of a financial crisis, how much power do councillors really have to change things?
Podcast host Duncan Barkes is joined by Councillor Elliot Keck, formerly of the TaxPayers' Alliance, and Jonathan Eida of the TPA to discuss the reality of life inside local government, what it is really like being a councillor, and whether councils are victims of Westminster or authors of their own…
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