Improved revenue collections have allowed the government to increase allocations for local government units (LGUs), the Budget department said.

This year, 43,593 LGUs were given internal revenue allocations (IRA) amounting to a total of P428.62 billion, 10 percent higher compared to 2015. Reckoned from 2010, the amount is over 60 percent higher, the department said in a statement on Wednesday.

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