Troubled Northamptonshire CC has published emergency plans to stabilise its short-term finances by plugging last year’s £35m deficit, balancing its books this year and slashing future costs.
In January, the county became the first council to issue a Section 114 Notice for 20 years and it is currently subject to heavy oversight by two government-appointed commissioners led by former Lincolnshire CC chief executive Tony McArdle.
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