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THREAD: Yesterday two at-risk local authorities were told to sell off publicly-owned assets - such as leisure centres and libraries - to balance their books in the latest short-sighted (and, in this case, ironic) government response to #councilsincrisis
Peterborough and Wirral councils have been told to take urgent action to plug gaps in their budgets following the publication of reviews into their finances. For a summary, see @patrickjbutler's story from yesterday theguardian.com/society/2021/n…
Key to the measures recommended by public finance body @CIPFA is the sale of publicly-owned land and buildings. While not the first crisis-hit councils expected to do this, such advice flies against the Gov's own rules and will be particularly hard to swallow in Peterborough
Local councils up and down the country, already gutted by a decade of austerity, then hammered by Covid, are in the process of budgeting for the coming years. Their plans make for bleak reading. This will be a ongoing thread sharing coverage of our #councilsincrisis
First a look at the big picture, courtesy of the BBC's Data Unit which reports that councils across the UK face £3bn black hole in the wake of Covid. Many were kept afloat by emergency funding but there is huge uncertainty as to what happens next bbc.co.uk/news/uk-577209…
Havering council in London predicts £32m budget shortfall after Covid - which is the equivalent of nearly 20% of its annual spending romfordrecorder.co.uk/news/local-cou…
