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ngl ^ t r o p o i ^ ^ T ^ ^ ^ t boards ( p o l i c e , f i r e and p u b l i c t r a n s p o r t i n t h e i n d i r e c t J t r a Y p ! " n t y C o u n c i l s (MCCs) ; and f i r e i n London) . But ILEA as an authorit 7 ^ f A u t h o r i t y would be t h e o n l y n o n - e l e c t e d e d u c a t i o n
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lta^. e a m l i n i n g t h e C i t i e s " , and t h e a s s o c i a t e d ^ on documents. C o n c l u s i o n s w i l l be announced on „i_ P n t s i n due course. However, t h e Government have d e c i s i o n on t h e f u t u r e arrangements f o r
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