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Innovation key to public sector survival

A think tank warns of a bleak future for leisure and education services.

A war gaming exercise where council officers battle with budget cuts and 'economic shocks' has led a think tank to warn of a bleak future for leisure and education services.

The New Local Government Network worked with teams of council staff to model potential outcomes to spending decisions in the fictional authority of Anyborough Council and produced a report, Gaming the Cuts, supported by consultants PwC.

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