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A couple of unexpectedly big bits of news have emanated from England\\u2019s local councils recently. An estate regeneration scheme in the London Borough of Haringey has become the latest front in Labour\\u2019s forever war; while Tory-run Northamptonshire council has literally run out of money.

So, it\\u2019s time to get into the weeds and talk about what\\u2019s gone wrong. To do that I\\u2019m joined once again by the journalist and local government analyst Emma Burnell. We talk about the budgetary problems facing England\\u2019s councils; why the sector has lost so much of the expertise it once had; and why Northamptonshire almost certainly won\\u2019t be the last council to fall over.

We also talk about the row in Haringey \\u2013 and why it isn\\u2019t really about what everyone keeps saying it\\u2019s about.

Skylines is the podcast from the New Statesman\'s cities site, CityMetric. It\'s hosted by Jonn Elledge.

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