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By: Christabel Cooper

Christabel Cooper is director of research at Labour Together

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  • Even Conservatives admit that cuts to council funding have gone too far

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    With a quarter of Conservative councillors admitting their local authority is struggling to provide the basics, change is clearly needed.

    LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 11: A general view of a community playground situated on a housing estate in Fulham on August 11, 2010 in London, England. Michael Gove, the Secretary of State for Education, has suspended grants to 122 English councils allocated to construct and manage around 1,300 play schemes. The Government has stated that the 235 million GBP 'Playbuilder' scheme, created by the Labour administration more than two years ago, is unaffordable. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images)

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