Spending around ten or 20 lower in real terms than it was in 2010. Other parts of the Public Sector are spending more. Finally we need to note that demand for services are going up with the population getting older and growing. Many people have needs they have to have where councils have to provide services. In a sense it has reduced resources and greater demand. And in the end some way will have to be found in National Politics to change the Local Government funding model or get Local Government doing less. To Local Government funding model is very different in other countries. It certainly is. In other countries you have a local income taxes. In scandinavia, famously, norway, sweden and denmark, local income taxes. Even in the united states, more local taxes are available so local decisions are made. Thats another issue. What Local Governments spend is heavily constrained by Central Government, and Central Government has wanted Local Government to cut its spending over time and that
middle east. cbs evening news starts now. good evening. i m norah o donnell, and we are coming on the air on this wednesday night following a number of breaking stories involving the u.s. military, including that drone strike in iraq that the pentagons has killed a high-ranking commander of kataib hezbollah. that is the iranian-backed militia that is blamed know my claim for the death of three soldiers. the commander killed is responsible for directly planning and participating in terrorist attacks against american forces in the middle east. there have been 168 attacks on u.s. service members in iraq, syria, and jordan since october. the strike targeted a single car on a busy street in the eastern part of the iraqi capital. this is the first time since the deaths of those soldiers that the united states has targeted a specific person after a major strike last week against buildings and weapons depots. the president has vowed that attacks on these militia groups will con
good evening. i m norah o donnell, and we are coming on the air on this wednesday night following a number of breaking stories involving the u.s. military, including that drone strike in iraq that the pentagon says killed a high-ranking commander of kataib hezbollah. that is the iranian-backed militia that is blamed for the death of three soldiers in jordan. the united states says the commander killed is responsible for directly planning and participating in terrorist attacks against american forces in the middle east. there have been 168 attacks on u.s. service members in iraq, syria, and jordan since october. the strike targeted a single car on a busy street in the eastern part of the iraqi capital. this is the first time since the deaths of those soldiers that the united states has targeted a specific person after a major strike last week against buildings and weapons depots. the president has vowed that attacks on these militia groups will continue as long as the u.s.
carley: that was the 7:00 hour. it s still looking good. do we have the lift bridge? probably not. carley: i don t see any bridges there. looks too wide for a bridge. they don t know how to build them in canada. i could think of heavy machinery we could roll north and start calling it new canada. carley: are you declaring war on canada? that s what it sounds like. liberation. carley: a softer word. i could be in for that. carley: i think a lot of the truckers would too. we joke. our friends in canada, beautiful scenery. welcome to the fourth and final hour of fox & friends. carley: we re going to stick with the theme. president biden is set to kick off a five day trip an hour from now. he ll start in the u.k. for a meeting with king charles before heading to the nato summit in lithuania. i wonder if hunter s coming and how many deals he ll make on the side. alexandria, what do you have from washington for us. reporter: president biden will meet with king c