Pressure from budget cuts, inflation and social care has left several town halls struggling to meet costs this year and more could be at risk next year
, which means it cannot cover ongoing costs, but Conservative-run councils Thurrock and Woking and Labour-run Croydon and Slough have also declared effective bankruptcy in recent months.
“If the next year pans out the way many of us fear, there will be a fairly steady drip of councils going bankrupt. There is going to be a General Election next year, someone is going to win it, whoever that is is going to have to do something.
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