Coronavirus Cost Councils The Same As Five Years Of Austerity. Now, They Could Go Bust

1 July 2020

The Huffington Post reports on CPP's latest working paper, noting the effects of the coronavirus crisis on council finances will be compounded by the preceding decade of austerity.

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Coronavirus Cost Councils The Same As Five Years Of Austerity. Now, They Could Go Bust