The prospect of a Treasury bailout for cash-strapped local authority budgets has faded further with the latest public finance figures showing a record level of borrowing.
Latest Office for National Statistics figures showed that in August interest was £8.2bn - the highest figure since monthly records began in 1997 and £1.5bn more than in August 2021.
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