Council finances are becoming truly unsustainable

By Mark Conrad | 12 March 2018

‘The financial health of local authorities across England is getting worse.’

In characteristically under-stated fashion, the National Audit Office (NAO) last week issued its sternest warning yet that the local government sector is facing arguably its biggest financial challenge of the post-war era.

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