-> Peterborough Council's debt explodes £13.5m to £526m - £2,396 per Peterborian!
-> Borrowed big for schools & offices, now slashing libraries & jacking taxes to 5%. Labour's mess?

#PCCfinancialCrisis #CouncilDebt #TaxHike #Peterborough #UKPolitics #LocalGovCrisis

*** Shocking *** Peterborough Council's £532M debt drains circa £21.5M a year in interest alone – that's OVER £413K disappearing EVERY WEEK on nothing!!
-> Time to wake up? 

#PCCfinancialCrisis #CouncilDebt #UKDebtCrisis #Peterborough #LocalGov

Thurrock battles a £1.3bn Tory debt legacy. Residents face huge increases in council tax and loss of services. Will justice be served as calls for an inquiry grow louder? J.J. Jackson reports

#ThurrockLegacy #PublicInquiry #CouncilDebt

https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/welfare/a-legacy-of-failure-so-where-is-the-justice/

A legacy of failure … so where is the justice?

Beleaguered Thurrock Council must borrow a further £206m to cover a gigantic budget shortfall left by the previous Tory administration

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