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WHITEHALL

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Paul Wheeler wonders if 2011 will the year when a council goes bust.

This time of the year is always one for predictions. So, is 2011 the year when a local council go bust? 

Experience overseas is certainly worrying. Several states and numerous cities in the US have serious financial difficulties. Some have failed to pay their staff for several months, and Orange County, in California, actually did go bankrupt after a series of disastrous financial investments.

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