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Councils in England draining reserves to stay afloat, leaders say

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84% Informative

Mid-tier group of English city councils close to running out of funds.

60% said they were using financial reserves to fill funding gaps.

Deputy mayor of Salford said local authority finances were running dry after increases in cost of services.

Two in five councils polled said they had plans to sell off council assets and reduce nonstatutory services.

VR Score

89

Informative language

89

Neutral language

86

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

60

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

Source diversity

1

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