Moves made to ‘absolve’ new north Staffordshire unitary of Stoke's existing £783m debt

The new north Staffordshire unitary council will need a government commitment to address existing debt to ensure it is “not financially dysfunctional from the beginning”, Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council has suggested.

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The authority has written to Stoke-on-Trent City Council to ask how its £783m of debt is being tackled in preparation for the new unitary

Moves made to ‘absolve’ new north Staffordshire unitary of Stoke’s existing £783m debt

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