Government bailouts are at risk of becoming a semi-permanent fix for councils on the brink of bankruptcy, according to CIPFA chief executive Owen Mapley.
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Fiscal devolution should be a tool to allow councils to tackle financial pressures without having to go “cap in hand” to government, according to Luke Hillan, associate director of local government finance and devolution at London Councils.
