Complex sentence: The Local Government Finance and Planning Act 1980 and the Local Government Finance Act 1982 allowed central government to decide spending limits for individual authorities and could remove general grants, which accounted for approximately 60% of the councils income, if they continued to overspend.
Split into simpler sentences: The Local Government Finance and Planning Act 1980 and the Local Government Finance Act 1982 allowed central government to decide spending limits for individual authorities. It could remove general grants, which accounted for approximately 60% of the councils income, if they continued to overspend.