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Amanda Hopgood, of the Local Government Association, says that would "put councils on a stable financial footing", as well as addressing "outdated legislation that leaves councils facing rising and unsustainable costs".

“They should be in place as a way to incentivize earlier adopters, and eventually they need to be phased out. Otherwise they become unsustainable,” he said.

“What we are finding here in Chicago and in the surrounding suburbs is a level of intimidation that is unsustainable and, quite frankly, that’s scary to the children we have in our communities,” she said.

The prime minister has criticised government spending under Trudeau as "unsustainable" and has asked his finance minister to find programme spending cuts across departments that would increase to 15% reductions over the next three years.

“These policy changes, they are forcing the sellers to choose between absorbing unsustainable costs or losing customers to cheaper, mass-produced alternatives. It’s really undermining a whole sector of women-owned businesses and creatives.”