Lisa Nandy vows to give billions of pounds directly to councils
She delivered her speech in Worksop in Nottinghamshire
Labour leadership hopeful Lisa Nandy has set out proposals to channel billions of pounds in economic funding directly into the hands of councils.
She also said she "couldn't disagree more" with deputy leadership candidate Richard Burgon's plan to give party members a veto on military action.
In a speech on Thursday fleshing out her vision of local government, she proposed diverting cash currently going to local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) straight to local authorities in England.
LEPs are voluntary partnerships between councils and local businesses intended to drive economic growth in an area, taking over many of the functions of regional development agencies, which were scrapped in 2012.
She also raised the issue of misogyny, saying it had to be "called out".
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