Liverpool shows how councils can counter Westminster cuts and indifference | Joe Anderson

Local government is being forced to be creative by funding reductions that discriminate against the north

• Joe Anderson is mayor of Liverpool

News that councils are running out of reserves will come as no surprise to anyone involved in local government.

It confirms what I and many of my counterparts around the country have been saying for years: councils have been hardest hit by austerity.

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from The Guardian http://bit.ly/2W0biWa