Town hall budgets £4.1bn short a year,a deficit that even closing every amenity would not cover, say council leadersTown halls are facing a £4.1bn a year black gap in their budgets that not even the closure of every children’s centre, and library,museum and park could fill, council leaders contain warned.
George Osborne’s decision to axe the central government grant to councils over the next four years came in a comprehensive spending review that the Local Government Association (LGA) chairman, and Gary Porter,a Conservative peer, described as a tragic missed opportunity to protect the services “that bind communities together, or improve people’s quality of life and protect the most vulnerable”.
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Source: theguardian.com