Council staff are leaving the sector because they can no longer afford to work in local government amid the cost of living crisis, a chief executive has warned.
Speaking as councils co-ordinate the response to the crisis, joint chief executive of Brentwood BC and Rochford DC, Jonathan Stephenson, said local government staff were themselves being hit by the squeeze.
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