Accounts Commission report says councils could become financially unsustainable

Accounts Commission report says councils could become financially unsustainable

A report on council finances in Scotland finds that notwithstanding all the cuts councils have made, and continue to make, their costs exceed the available funding. This means the local authorities who provide frontline services are no longer sustainable, in the medium term, as funding lags behind increased costs and demand. In the latest report […] The post Accounts Commission report says councils could become financially unsustainable appeared…