Local government spending and central control

Keating, Michael (1985) Local government spending and central control. Quarterly Economic Commentary, 10 (4). pp. 69-63. ISSN 0306-7866

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Abstract

Since 1976 successive governments have sought to limit local government spending in Scotland, as in England and Wales. Their reasons for doing so are contentious and sometimes rather confused. This economic perspective reappraises the controls open to the Secretary of State and what their effects are.

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Item type:	Article
ID code:	51829
Dates:	Date Event May 1985 Published
Keywords:	miners' strike, British industry, coal industry, National Union of Miners (NUM), pit closures, Public Finance, Local government Municipal government, Public Administration, Finance
Subjects:	Social Sciences > Public Finance Political Science > Local government Municipal government
Department:	Strathclyde Business School > Fraser of Allander Institute Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > Government
Depositing user:	Pure Administrator
Date deposited:	20 Feb 2015 16:34
Last modified:	07 May 2021 00:32
Related URLs:	Journal or Publication Organisation
URI:	https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/51829

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