FINANCE

Something better change

The MJ’s fourth joint finance survey with the Local Government Information Unit makes clear councils may struggle to deliver even statutory services without radical change, writes Dan Peters.

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By Dan Peters | 17 February 2015

There were repeated warnings that 2015/16 would be the crunch financial year for local government.

Now, with budgets for that dreaded year being drawn up, it appears that councils have yet again managed to delay the sector's worst fears being realised.

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