As councils across the country completed their annual budget and council tax setting, the harsh financial reality of local government funding is brought into sharper focus than ever before.
I’m one of only eight independent council leaders, at one of only five Independent-Conservative authorities in the country. I’ve announced that I’m retiring as leader in May due to ill health.
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