As local authorities plan their budgets in the run-up to the Spending Review Michael Burton visits one county area, Nottinghamshire, to find out the view from the county and one of the districts, Newark and Sherwood.

With county elections in May, Nottinghamshire CC chief executive Mick Burrows has the unpalatable task of informing his political parties just what wriggle room they have for budget-planning – and there isn't much.