As councillors from all parties prepare to enter conference session and the pleasures of partisan debate, there are an array of financial points on which county politicians stand united.
This unity is inspired by a simple fact – local government funding is steadily becoming unsustainable.
The public expenditure statistical analysis recently published by the Treasury made some stark comparisons for those in local government.
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