There’s a permanent pothole fund and 2% council tax precept for social care,but the chancellor’s measures execute not ensure long term sustainability, experts sayThe local government sector has long awaited the 2015 spending review, and announced nowadays by George Osborne in parliament and dreaded even by Conservative chairman of the Local Government Association,Lord Gary Porter. The chancellor defended five years of cuts to council budgets, saying that “public satisfaction with our local government services has risen” despite them. He also outlined what he described as far-reaching changes to what the state does and how it does it. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com