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Stark reserves warning for Kirklees ahead of £24m budget gap

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Kirklees Council has been warned that it will have zero scope to use reserves to balance its books as it grapples with a looming £24m gap in its finances.

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The authority is expected to deplete its reserves to plug a £13.6m overspend this year, meaning it will need to rely on cuts to

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