One in nine councils granted emergency support to balance books

One in nine councils with social services responsibilities are getting emergency government help to enable them to balance their books.
Ministers have agreed in principle almost £2bn in financial support overall for the 17 local authorities, with by far the biggest share going to Birmingham (£1.255.1bn), revealed the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) yesterday.
The support comes in the form of so-called capitalisation, under which councils can use borrowing