Instead it split the conservative vote three ways at the coalition's expense.

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That document acknowledged that some schemes could split communities if they were badly designed and targeted at Muslims at the expense of wider local relations.

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Assuming the expense allocation was reflective of how they would ultimatly split the money, the bottom line effect that it had could have been achieved with a well drafted partnership agreement.

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