Financial pressures within local government will outstrip additional funding by around £3.1bn this year, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has found.
While £1.1bn of the gap – resulting from reductions in tax income - can be spread over the next three years, the sector will have to grapple with £2bn in the short-term.
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