FINANCE

Sawford: Local government finance model 'pushing councils to brink'

Local government is being ‘pushed to the brink’ due to the broken funding model, shadow minister Andy Sawford has warned.

By MJ Correspondent | 18 February 2014

Local government is being ‘pushed to the brink' due to the broken funding model, shadow minister Andy Sawford warned after MPs approved the finance settlement.

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