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An ‘act of democratic self-harm’ was approved by Bury council last night and no one is happy

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SignalsMonitor is following this as a general story. Manchester Evening News is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 12 Nov 2026, 13:25 UTC. The headline in use is “An ‘act of democratic self-harm’ was approved by Bury council last night and no one is happy”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
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'This is an unnecessary change that in many ways is a backward step in an era of devolution, and is an unwelcome curtailing of local democracy'
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An ‘act of democratic self-harm’ was approved by Bury council last night and no one is happy
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- Manchester Evening NewsAn ‘act of democratic self-harm’ was approved by Bury council last night and no one is happy