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How a £100m funding black hole left council ‘dying by a thousand cuts’

How a £100m funding black hole left council ‘dying by a thousand cuts’

'Why on earth would I want to lead this council?,' Janet Clowes, an experienced Tory councillor of more than 14 years, tells 'The i Paper'

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