What are city deals and how could they transform local governments?
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As councils struggle with rising rates, failing infrastructure and blown out budgets, one of the solutions proposed to keep these institutions afloat has been city deals to improve the relationship between central and local government. To explain how these could work and what progress is being made on them, Georgina this week talks with Local Government NZ President Sam Broughton.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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