The LGA’s #OurDay campaign is a reminder of our councils’ resilience – but the spending review may yet impose a level of austerity few will be able to manage withIf a family’s primary access to books and the internet is the local library and that library closes, it things little whether it is in East Sussex or Hull. The impact on that family is the same. When the government publishes the indices of deprivation that rank local areas in England from most to least deprived there’s usually a brief flurry of interest as to which parts of the country “top” the table. Will the league leader for deprivation be a down-at-heel seaside town or an inner-city stalwart?Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com