Emeritus Prof Christopher May on Nostr: For some years the growing gap between income & expenditure for #localcouncils has ...

For some years the growing gap between income & expenditure for #localcouncils has been a problem that occasionally surfaces but seems to have been kept as a 'local issue';

Now there's a likely shortfall (funding gap) of around £3bn in the next two years.

So we can expect more councils in extreme financial difficulties, more cuts to local services & more chaos caused by the decline adult & child care services Councils can no longer afford to run.

The #Tory wreckers have been hard ar work!