21.  This answers Tory demands that the tax should be related to the amount that a household uses local services.

22.  This support was available for up to eighteen months, after which time the local service agency assumed full responsibility for the service.

23.  Tourist offices can suggest local services.

24.  Your local health authority will be able to give you advice on local services or your doctor can advise you.

25.  You can get information on local services by calling this number.

26.  This still leaves the question of how local services should be funded.

27.  Monitoring meant assessment and the Audit Commission report was concerned with the local services of advisers and inspectors and with how schools and colleges were managed.

28.  Neither has much relation to local services used by the taxpayer.

29.  General grants would be appropriate only if the grantor felt that all local services were merit goods.

30.  At the same time, this reduces accessibility and may be less acceptable to consumers, who would prefer more local services.