How is £1 of council funding spent? 🧵
Councils provide hundreds of services in your area; looking after vulnerable people, keeping the streets clean and running leisure centres.
But the future financial sustainability of local services is on a cliff edge.
Councils provide hundreds of services in your area; looking after vulnerable people, keeping the streets clean and running leisure centres.
But the future financial sustainability of local services is on a cliff edge.
Demand for services caring for adults and children is increasing, while core funding from central government has not kept pace with demand or inflation since 2010.
local.gov.uk/save-local-ser…
local.gov.uk/save-local-ser…
There’s just not enough money to do it all. Councils will have no choice but to spend much less on other important services, like fixing roads or keeping parks and libraries open.
Councils need adequate funding and longer-term certainty so councils can continue to keep our communities running.
Join us, and help #SaveLocalServices
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Join us, and help #SaveLocalServices
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