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This decision is going to make the local elections in Way of next year a difficult time for the Labour Party. Already the Tories have announced a drive to capture control of more boroughs. It would seem that the Ministry of Housing and Local Government is providing them with plenty of ammunition. There needs to be a vigorous campaign of protest at this latest series of cuts that threaten all local services. Only a few years ago the labour movement was protesting at Tory parsimony towards local authorities. Because Tony Greénwood now ' presides over these cuts it does not make them any the more acceptable.