After that, there's a chance for MPs, under the aegis of the Backbench Business Committee, to complain about the effect of the latest Local Government Finance settlement on rural councils.

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He was found close to his home in a settlement for landless rural workers near the town of Pacaja.

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Highland Council warned that the settlement would hit rural areas harder as staffing costs were much higher in schools outwith urban areas.

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Wiltshire was one of about 120 rural councils that had threatened to bring a judicial review over the funding settlement for local government.

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