Councils across Yorkshire are facing a “dire” cash crisis totalling more than £350 million, according to new research.
UNISON Yorkshire and Humberside regional secretary Karen Loughlin said: “Communities rely on their local authorities for all manner of essential services, such as waste collection, road repairs and parks and other open spaces.
“But councils are on their knees. Ministers seem to care very little about public services and local government has been hit hard over very many years. “Essential services can't run on thin air. Staff levels have already been cut to the bone in desperate attempts to balance the books. “Yet more service cuts and job losses are sadly inevitable across the country unless the government intervenes with the lifeline of significant extra funding. Not just for those on the brink, but to councils everywhere.”
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