UNISON research reveals scale of council deficits

New UNISON research reveals the scale of the impact that COVID-19 has had on council finances across England and Wales.
Huge increases in spending needed required to fight the pandemic, coupled with a massive hit to council income streams, meant that, in December 2020, top-tier councils predicted funding gaps totalling over £1bn by the end of the financial year (March 2021).
District and borough councils are often overlooked even more than their top-tier equivalents, but they provide a ra