It said it was, "looking forward to working with the Boundary Committee and stakeholders to ensure that any future local government structure proposed for Devon is well thought through, financially viable and does not pose a threat to services or taxpayers".

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Scottish Labour has, frankly, vacillated over a prolonged period with regard to the overall method and structure of local government finance.

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Next, the structure of American local government.

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The bitter irony of this entire endeavor was that a supposedly small government candidate gutted the local structure of GOTV efforts in favor of a centralized, faceless organization in a far off place (in this case, their Boston headquarters).

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The government says any new structure would operate outside the national joint council framework which governs pay and conditions for local government employees.

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"It is for local government to ensure that it implements pay reviews which remove discriminatory aspects of its pay structure, and tackle equal pay proactively and in an affordable manner, " he said.

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