JenniferScott commented Local councils hit by £50 million cuts to budgets

Over £50 million will be slashed from the budgets of our local councils over the next year.The department for communities and local government (DCLG) sent out "settlement figures" for each authority last week, showing them how much funding they would be getting from Whitehall.Now comes the task for the city, county and districts to find where to cut the additional £53.9 million from.Figures released by the DCLG show the decline in what is called "settlement...