As the local government Green Paper emerged from Conservative Central Office this week - after months of delays - there was remarkably little criticism. As one would expect, it was broadly welcomed by Tories themselves, but there was little opposition elsewhere to what is likely to be the next government's policy, in less than 18 months' time. True, many of the plans had already seeped into shadow cabinet speeches and policy over the past 12 months - leaving little left to discover.
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