An estimated £3.3bn is set to be cut from local council budgets next year due to reductions in government funding…
The Local Government Association,
which represents councils across England and Wales, has warned local
councils will be forced to scale back services even further in the wake
of further budget cuts.
The LGA said many councils were having to make “significant” savings
on top of spending cuts from previous rounds of austerity. With around
£3.3bn expected to be cut from local council budgets next year, the LGA
said frontline services such as bin collections, elderly care, child
protection, and transport were now at risk.
In a report, the association said local authorities were facing a
downward spiral of funding, with budgets reducing by 11 per cent in
2017/18 and a further four per cent in 2018/19. The following year would
see an increase of seven per cent.
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