Tory councils among worst-hit by cuts as party braces to lose 1,000 seats in local elections 🔴singharj reports:
, the party’s chairman admitted as new analysis showed so-called “true blue” councils were some of the worst affected by Government cuts.
A Liberal Democrat source accused Mr Hands of an “admission of defeat” and predicted a “Blue Wall bloodbath as people who voted Conservative all their life say never again, and turn to the Liberal Democrats instead”. In total, 170 councils saw their funding cut by a quarter over the period up to 2022-23, with a quarter of these by more than 30 per cent, including Lib Dem targets like Hertfordshire, Surrey, and Bath and North East Somerset.
The party’s local government spokeswoman Helen Morgan said: “These figures are a dire indictment of this Conservative Government’s record in supporting local communities.
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