Local government senior managers and councillors knew the Spending Review would be bad news for them – and so it has proved. In that sense, there are few surprises. Most plugged-in chief executives have been working on the assumption of about 30% cuts over the four-year cycle.
The actual figures announced this week by the chancellor envisage cuts of 28% in local government, with 30% in overall capital spending. The Communities and Local Government department's ‘overall resource' will drop by 51%.
