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Government 'ignoring' impact of cuts, claim senior leaders

Senior Labour local government leaders and MPs have accused the Government of ignoring the impact of funding cuts that are ‘tearing apart’ society.

Senior Labour local government leaders and MPs have accused the Government of ignoring the impact of funding cuts that are ‘tearing apart' society.

In a strongly worded joint statement, mayors and council leaders from across the country claimed the Government had ‘closed their eyes' to damage caused by a reduction in spending to ‘intolerable' levels.

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