Austerity was always a short-sighted economic agenda and after more than a decade of cuts we are starting to see the impacts of these cuts catch up with us.
If funding for local government had kept pace with inflation since 2010 then the sector would be spending £14.5bn more per year. The simple fact is you can only cut vital services for so long without the future costs outweighing any savings you might have made.
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