Category: Austerity

Out of the red, but at what cost? Birmingham council asset sales have left city reeling, say residents

As council declares it’s ‘no longer bankrupt’, people say closure of services have added to social isolation and crimeWhen Birmingham city council announced last week it was “no longer bankrupt”,...

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Spending review: will Rachel Reeves’s huge fiscal gamble yield electoral dividends?

Despite a loosening of the purse strings the chancellor still faces a battle to convince voters that Labour can deliver change Rachel Reeves has gambled billions of pounds of infrastructure spending on “renewing...

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Fire stations in England ‘falling apart’ amid £1bn funding cut, chiefs say

Exclusive: National Fire Chiefs Council warns of pressures, with callouts up 20% in a decade as firefighter numbers fallFire stations in England are “falling apart”, fire chiefs have warned, with funding plummeting...

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