Local has no money to set in motion a medical check for allergy (4,4)
I believe the answer is:
skin test
'check for allergy' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'local has no money to set in motion a medical' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'no' could be 'n' (common abbreviation) and 'n' is found within the answer.
an anagram of 'set' is 'tes' which is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'skit' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for skin test that I've seen before include "Check for allergy" , "Trial to determine immune reaction" , "medical procedure?" , "Medical check" .)