Bradford is in danger of joining the six councils on the ‘bankrupt’ list.
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A new study of council financing in Germany, Italy and Japan offers some new ideas for how to solve English councils’ financial difficulties.
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More than a decade of austerity in English local government has squeezed councils to their utter financial limits.
The ruin of Detroit, Michigan.
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When a local authority runs out of cash, it is its most vulnerable citizens who suffer the most from the cuts to services and staffing that follow.