It's because they don't have enough money to supply essential services due to reduced central government funding and the inability to raise council tax to a level needed to cover the shortfallBe interesting to see Maton and Duggins justifying it.
It's because they don't have enough money to supply essential services due to reduced central government funding and the inability to raise council tax to a level needed to cover the shortfall
Pretty easy to explain
It's because they don't have enough money to supply essential services due to reduced central government funding and the inability to raise council tax to a level needed to cover the shortfall
Pretty easy to explain
There’s literally dozens of councils facing the same issue. Regardless of which political parties run that council. And in the majority of cases it’s down to cuts from central government.I think the BBC reported part of the reason as "increasing inflation and social care costs". But surely that applies to all councils in one way, shape, or form.
I did see some stats that showed a ~10% reduction in the population of Coventry since Covid, which if true (I have doubts) suggests a decrease in council income too.
There’s literally dozens of councils facing the same issue. Regardless of which political parties run that council. And in the majority of cases it’s down to cuts from central government.
Reduce their funding by £1bn and then increase the adult social care requirement by withdrawing any safety net at a time of record cost of living risesHow does a council go bankrupt exactly?
Not massively no, CCC main issues are the lack of central funding and the inability to tax the shortfallNothing to do with the £50 million potential equal claim payments then?
pretty much this, people need to understand that no matter how low the funding levels get the council still needs to provide a certain level of service even if they can't really afford this.Reduce their funding by £1bn and then increase the adult social care requirement by withdrawing any safety net at a time of record cost of living rises
All councils will find themselves in this position
Can you imagine the alternative of taking hundreds of thousands pounds out of adult social care locally!
We know that to be trueIf they were the only ones there might be a point, but given local authorities have been encouraged to make risky investments to fund services, and many are on the brink (including some that may come as a surprise if they fall) then the answer is clearly that central government have squeezed funding for years, attempted to make a small state by stealth and don't care about the crash in support for the vulnerable as a result.
How does a council go bankrupt exactly?
Cultural vandalism, that would beMaybe they should sell off some of their art collection to offset some of their losses.
Nobody gets to see it anyhow.
Nearly all Coventry City Council-owned artwork in storage
More works owned by Coventry's council are stored compared to before the UK City of Culture year.www.bbc.co.uk
There hasn’t been a 10% reduction in the population, it was found that the way they had been calculating the figures had been skewed for a number of years and over-estimated. At one point it was suggested the numbers in Coventry were approaching 380,000, when in fact they were 345,000 people in the city. I’m not sure what effect that would have on funding, but it is wrong to suggest the population has fallen.I think the BBC reported part of the reason as "increasing inflation and social care costs". But surely that applies to all councils in one way, shape, or form.
I did see some stats that showed a ~10% reduction in the population of Coventry since Covid, which if true (I have doubts) suggests a decrease in council income too.
How DOESN'T a council go bankrupt.
Anyway, £30mil funding gap for CCC, £18mil fu9nding gap for WCC. They split Northants after its bankruptcy, and the North has a gap of £17mil, the West £10mil. Leicestershire is a £44mil gap.
In short, it's a shitshow, and central government don't care.
It’s not a person. It’s a government entity. It runs out of money when central government says it does.
It’s not that straightforward. Social services, such as older peoples services and also othe day services have spare capacity but are managed in such a way as they are reluctant to take on new service users when there are external service providers. They also work on the basis that people take a direct payment rather than council services. Some strange projects in the past few years. Embraced by some, but none the less, poor use of public funds.Cov services will be cut next financial year due to the fact that they are over spending on social services as a direct consequence of the Daniel Pelka murder and enquiry. They are overtly risk adverse due to this and spend an excessive proportion of budget in this area.
To be fair to the council the best element of it was delivered and that's the deck over the ring road. It was always probably a bit too ambitious.
The private sector isn't interested, the intention was never for the council to fund it allMaybe it will go to the private sector,or switch it to factory farming?It was different country back then what's happening to leasehold not that it's likely , stick a load people in it?
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