Last week's announcement of an 8.5% cut in the central government grant almost sent local government world into occupy-mode.
Council leaders across the land took to the TV screens to announce the end of services as we know them, that all the fat is cut and that the most beseiged councils might well go bust.
Meanwhile, communities secretary Eric Pickles is telling voters that Town Halls can will cope, as they always have, and should stop crying wolf. Satisfaction-levels, he reminds us, remain stable, despite 37% cuts since 2010.
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