These 30 Councils Need Emergency Funds - Despite Record Tax Hikes

Hundreds of Local Authorities Remain on the Brink of Bankruptcy, Despite Government Bailouts

An ageing population and successive cuts by the last Conservative Government have left local council budgets on the brink, reports David Hencke

Starmer: Spending review marks new phase after first year of ‘cleaning up mess’

Sir Keir Starmer said Labour spent most of its first year since winning power in July 2024 taking ‘tough but necessary decisions’.Sir Keir Starm ...

Starmer tells councils to pick up the bill for Labour’s spending commitments

As the row over the spending review continues, the prime minister has washed his hands of expected large increases in local taxation

These 30 councils need emergency funds - despite record tax hikes

Dozens of councils will face bankruptcy or be forced to make drastic cutbacks to frontline services such as street lighting and bin collection, despite raising council tax by the maximum amount each year as a result of the Government’s spending review, town hall leaders have warned.Last week’s spending review indicated that local authorities would raise council tax by 5 per cent each year over the next three years, which economists said would be…

These 30 councils need emergency funds – despite record tax hikes

Starmer: Spending review marks new phase after first year of ‘cleaning up mess’ - Jersey Evening Post

Sir Keir Starmer said the spending review has ushered in a new phase of his Government after a year of clearing up the “mess” to stabilise the economy. The Prime Minister said Labour spent most of its first year since winning power in July 2024 taking “tough but necessary decisions” and suggested the economy has now turned a corner. But local authorities warned an expected rise in council tax of up to 5% was “not the solution” for making ends me…