Northamptonshire council backs 'bare minimum' service plan

The Tory leader of the council, Matthew Golby, said it would meet its legal obligations to deliver vital services.Crisis-hit Northamptonshire county council has voted to push ahead with a radical cuts strategy to reduce services to a bare legal minimum, as it attempts to close a financial black hole which it says could grow to £180m within three years.The strategy aims for “radical service reductions and efficiencies” across a range of areas, including children’s services