Councillor Vince Maple is calling for the government to give local authorities greater powers to control who gets licences to run the shops.
Councillor David Rogers, from the Local Government Association, has welcomed the cap as an important step forward, but says more needs to be done to tackle the quality issue.
Councillor David Rogers, of the Local Government Association, said it was essential ministers were realistic with the public over what the cap would do, adding the "devil will be in the detail".
Andrew Coulson, a Birmingham city councillor who is testing the support for regional government, sees some promising building-blocks for a more coherent identity.
But Councillor Margaret Eaton, chairman of the Local Government Association, (LGA) which represents English councils said it was "time for a radical overhaul of the quango state" to give taxpayers more influence over how their money is spent.
Cornwall Independent councillor Andrew Wallis said if it "gets past government" it could bring "regulation into an unregulated market".
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Councillor Elaine Woodburn wants an urgent meeting with the government to discuss whether there may still be a way of continuing to look at West Cumbria as a potential site for an underground store.
Councillor Shona Johnstone, vice-chairman of the Local Government Association's economy and transport programme board, said the announcement was a "step in the right direction".
Councillor Derrick Ashley said the council was "optimistic" the government inspector would support the plan.
Councillor John Thomas, from Redruth, for service to local government in south west Cornwall.
Conservative councillor Mark Healey, authority chairman, said he will lobby government to get "a better grant settlement next time".
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Chairman of the Local Government Association's Children and Young People Board Councillor David Simmonds acknowledged there was a variation in performance across councils and recognise that at times the system has been risk averse.
Councillor Joan Taylor has been appointed MBE for services to local government in the East Midlands, and Katherine Davies, strategic director of Nottinghamshire County Drug and Alcohol Action Team, has been appointed OBE for services to disadvantaged people.
Councillor Tom Burns, who is responsible for leisure services, said government spending restrictions have made the Guild Hall's future uncertain.
Liberal Democrat councillor Roger Symonds said the original figure was "assessed by central government who had an unrealistic expectation of growth levels before a period of recession".
Councillor Gerald Vernon-Jackson, leader of the Liberal Democrats in local government, welcomed the decision to protect council budgets in the next year but said Lib Dem councillors would continue to lobby against the extra 2% cut.
Cornwall Independent councillor Andrew Wallis has tabled a motion calling for the authority to lobby the government for planning law changes.
One Green Party councillor in Solihull told us that this extra money was being offered with tight government strings attached, while spending on other local services like adult day centres were having to be pruned radically because of the budget cuts.
Councillor David Sawyer, who is responsible for education at the council, said the government's decision came as "absolutely no surprise".
One of the most influential local government politicians in the East Midlands lobbed in a political hand-grenade: Councillor Jon Collins had warned that people in the city would no longer feel as safe.
Local Government Secretary of State Eric Pickles made the comments in a letter to a Conservative councillor.
Councillor Byron Rhodes of the Tory-led council said the cuts were a result of lower government grants.
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Cardiff councillor Huw Thomas said it was an important festival that the city wanted to see continuing, and thanked the Welsh government.
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Good work is being done in this regard, particularly at local government level by Sinn Fein representatives, like Armagh Mayor Pat O'Rawe, Mayor Anne Brolly, Councillor Francie Molloy, Mayor Sean McGuigan and former Belfast Mayor Alex Maskey.
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