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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-21226239

They seem to have hit a nerve with their cuts meetings :)

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The problem is that cuts from central government mean that the impact on front line services are far greater than the cuts.

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I fall to see how this if dodging democracy. They can be voted out at the next council elections if people don't like what the councils are doing.

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No worse really to shops claiming that a product is “less than £200” when it’s priced at £199.99

Or petrol stations and their 137.9 method of pricing.

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I fall to see how this if dodging democracy. They can be voted out at the next council elections if people don't like what the councils are doing.

Though I suspect that they will vote them back in when they see the alternatives, hardly undemocratic.

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