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Northern council says it faces bankruptcy over scrapped HS2 link

Cheshire East council mourns ‘devastating impacts’ of Rishi Sunak’s decision to ditch high-speed rail

The Independent UK

Almost one-third of council funding spent on children’s social care amid surge in referrals

Finances at ‘breaking point’ with some placements for vulnerable children costing £1m a year

The Independent UK

Calls for emergency funds to protect vulnerable children support

Councils in some of the most deprived areas are now spending up to 45% of their available resources on children’s social care, it has emerged.

The Independent UK

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Nearly a third of councils in poorest areas on verge of bankruptcy

A survey has found 14 of 47 councils in the North, the Midlands and on the south coast may go bust this year or next

The Independent UK

At least 26 English councils ‘at risk of bankruptcy in next two years’

Research from body representing 47 authorities says many could follow Slough, Croydon, Thurrock and Woking into collapse

The Guardian - UK

Nearly a third of councils in poor areas considering bankruptcy

A survey has found 14 of 47 councils in the North, the Midlands and on the south coast may go bust this year or next.

The Independent UK

Majority of councils in poorer areas are ‘uncertain of meeting budgets’

Local authorities in some of the least well-off areas have raised the alarm over spending plans set four months ago due to inflation pressures.

The Independent UK

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Wirral Council funding cut by a quarter since 2010

One councillor said: "Austerity has been a disaster and makes a complete mockery of the so-called levelling up agenda"

Liverpool Echo

Fairer funding call as North East councils lose nearly £700m a year

Group representing North East councils says the region's devolution deal offers only a fraction of the funding lost over the austerity years

Chronicle Live

Greater Manchester council budgets cut by a quarter on average, research reveals

The figures show the poorest councils in England have faced real-term cuts worth almost three times as much as the richest one

Manchester Evening News

Councils fail to fine wayward landlords flouting energy laws

There have been hundreds of breaches across England but only a handful of fines issued

Evening Standard

Figures show staggering rate of cuts to Merseyside councils under Tory government

Liverpool and Knowsley have suffered huge cuts while much richer councils have been treated very differently

Liverpool Echo

Analysis shows absence of levelling up in council funding

Research reveals only a slight recent narrowing of the gap in resources available to local authorities in the poorest and wealthiest areas.

The Independent UK

Cost-of-living crisis for councils will make levelling up a distant dream

Analysis: after cash injections during Covid, local councils now face a world of precarity and pain

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