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Welsh councils face further budget cuts

Council budgets in Wales will continue to be squeezed until at least 2020/21, public finance experts have warned.

Council budgets in Wales will continue to be squeezed until at least 2020/21, public finance experts have warned.

A new report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies found spending by Welsh unitary local authorities is set to be 8% lower this year than in 2009-10, in real terms.

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