After clashing with Eric Pickles at the recent London Councils' seminar over the real impact of the CSR on next year's budgets, Hackney LBC mayor, Jules Pipe, explains to Heather Jameson why he is keen to get clarity from the secretary of state over exactly what funding councils can expect
Following the Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR), it is perhaps inevitable that council cuts would raise the political temperature between the Government and Labour local authorities.
