jeudi 2 août 2018

Northamptonshire's cash crisis driven by ideological folly, councillors told

Cash-strapped council warned at special meeting that cuts of up to £70m will put vulnerable people in danger

Crisis-hit Northamptonshire county council faced angry recriminations at a special council meeting last night to discuss its response to a massive financial crisis regarded by experts as “unparalleled in modern times”.

The Conservative-run council, which is technically insolvent and has to make up to £70m of cuts over the next few months to balance its books, has warned that it will in future be able to offer only stripped-back of services to residents.

Related: Northamptonshire forced to pay the price of a reckless half-decade | Patrick Butler

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