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Cllr Peter Box, LGA Economy spokesman, rsponds to the National Audit Office (NAO) report on Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs).

"Councils are committed to working with business leaders to drive economic growth and investment and to provide support and expertise to LEPs. Further funding pressures for councils over the next few years will inevitably make this more of a challenge.

"Longer term certainty of funding over the next few years should give LEPs the ability to ensure local people and businesses benefit from long-term infrastructure and investment that they really need. A radical devolution of powers and funding across the country is also now essential to strengthen accountability and the ability of local areas to work together to drive growth and provide better value for money."

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https://www.nao.org.uk/report/local-enterprise-partnerships/