England ‘Substantially More Centralised’ Than France Despite People Joking Otherwise
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“People in Britain used to laugh or joke about France as being centralised, but there's no question the UK, or England within the UK, is substantially more centralised.” English Councils in the UK “have virtually no freedom” to put up council tax as they are precisely controlled by central government, says professor of Local Government at London School of Economics, Tony Travers. Professor Tony Travers was speaking to Kait Borsay on The Evening Edition on Times Radio. Listen live every Monday to Thursday from 7pm–10pm. Read the best of our journalism: https://www.thetimes.com/ Listen live to Times Radio: https://www.thetimes.com/radio/live Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=timesonlinevideo Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timesandsundaytimes/ Find us on X: https://x.com/thetimes Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetimes/
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