Responding to the report by the Resolution Foundation ahead of the Autumn Statement, Cllr James Jamieson, Chairman of the Local Government Association, which represents more than 350 councils across England and Wales, said:
“The future financial sustainability of councils and local services is on a cliff-edge.
“In the past decade, councils have done more than their fair share of the heavy lifting when it came to putting public finances on a more sustainable footing, having faced a £15 billion real terms reduction to core government funding between 2010 and 2020.
“The Government needs to ensure councils have the funding to meet ongoing pressures and protect the services that will be vital to achieve its ambitions for growth and to produce a more balanced economy, level up communities and help residents through this cost-of-living crisis.
“Without certainty of adequate funding for next year and beyond, and given the funding gaps they face, councils will have no choice but to implement significant cuts to services including to those for the most vulnerable in our societies.”
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