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Warrington faces £110m loss, envoys warn

Financially struggling Warrington Council is facing a net loss of nearly £110m due to its investment strategy and faces a ‘significantly challenging period’, ministerial envoys say.

Warrington Council (c) Graeme Lamb

Financially struggling Warrington BC is facing a net loss of nearly £110m due to its investment strategy and faces a ‘significantly challenging period', ministerial envoys say.

The local authority's debt has increased to £1.8bn in large part due to its commercial investment programme, which prompted the Government to send in envoys last July.

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