In this special episode, as Boris Johnson gives new powers to councils to control the pandemic, we ask: how ready are they to take on the challenge?

Two councillors from Camden in North London, former Liberal Democrat MEP Luisa Porritt and the leader of the Conservatives, Oliver Cooper, tell us the new powers will only work if there is the money available to use them.

Plus Marianne Overton, Vice Chairman of the Local Government Association says some local authorities have already come close to bankruptcy dealing with the virus crisis .

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