Councils face £3.3bn grant cut next year
David Sparks warned that councils face big cuts in funding
Councils in England face cuts of £3.3 billion in central government funding next year, a new study has found.
The Local Government Association warned that councils will have to make “significant” savings on top of previous spending cuts.
Funding will continue to be reduced – by 11% in 2017/18 and 4% in 2018/19 before increasing by 7% in 2019/20, said the LGA.
The cuts will leave English authorities facing an estimated funding gap of of £9.5 billion by the end of the decade.
