Councils lack the necessary reserves to meet the £2bn shortfall local authorities still face from the impact of Covid-19, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
Public services will have to receive £19bn a year for the next five years if austerity is to end as the prime minster recently promised, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
Local government staff are under unprecedented pressure across the country due to council cutbacks and staff shortages, the trade union Unison has claimed.
The pace of public sector job cuts is set to quicken to 2018/19, an analysis of government spending plans by the Institute for Fiscal Studies has found, with a projected workforce reduction of more...
