Nine in ten senior council managers believe the Autumn Statement will impact negatively on their residents, with many frontline services expected to be axed, a stark new survey has suggested.
Swift research by senior officers’ organisation Solace found 87% of council chief executives and senior staff believe chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s financial measures announced last week ‘will have a negative or extremely negative impact on their residents’.
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