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Council warns Government plan would force £95m savings

Croydon LBC would have to deliver the ‘highest level of service cuts made by one council in one year in the country’ under Government plans, the council has claimed.

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By Dan Peters | 26 June 2025
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Croydon LBC would have to deliver the ‘highest level of service cuts made by one council in one year in the country' under Government plans, the council has claimed.

Local government minister Jim McMahon has suggested escalating Croydon's statutory intervention to a commissioner-led model to ensure it can ‘achieve sustained change at the pace needed'.

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