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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Rachael Burford

Revealed: London boroughs on brink of bankruptcy beg ministers for £500m and long term crisis solution

More and more London boroughs are warning they will face bankruptcy without a huge injection of cash and long term change in the way they are funded.

Seven councils in the capital this year applied for emergency Government money to balance the books. This is up from two in 2024.

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