Councils in Greater Manchester have had their budgets cut by nearly a quarter over the last 14 years, according to new research. Across England, the poorest councils have faced real-term cuts worth almost three times as much as the richest local authorities, the research by a special interest group has revealed.
SIGOMA, the Special Interest Group of Municipal Authorities, found that the biggest real-term cut to a council in Greater Manchester was nearly 30 pc. Manchester council's budget is now worth 29.9 pc less than it was in 2010/11 financial year when the figures are adjusted for inflation, SIGOMA revealed.
Last year, a Labour councillor said the scale of council cuts in Manchester since austerity would be enough to buy Manchester United. Since 2010, the town hall says it has had to make savings of £428m a year to cope with funding cuts under and keep up with inflation costs and population growth.
