English councils set for £1bn bailout as costs of Covid-19 hit them hard

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Some authorities on brink of insolvency due to cashflow problems caused by lockdown

Ministers are preparing a £1bn bailout to prevent a number of English councils from collapsing into insolvency as a result of huge cashflow problems caused by the coronavirus lockdown.

 

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Quite ironic now they want immigrants back to help them with work? Brexit?

Not really much in the grand scheme of things, considering thanks to cuts to council's funding by Westminster they were strapped for cash and going into reserve way before the virus.

Not really much in the grand scheme of things, considering thanks to cuts to council's funding by Westminster they were strapped for cash and going into reserves way before the virus.

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