Effective bankruptcy in the next few years unless the Funding System is reformed. A report by the local Government Information Unit has Found Services like parks, Leisure Facilities and libraries are at risk of being cut, while council tax could rise in some areas. Our reporter Vincent Mcaviney has more. Yay well done. Alex is about to turn 18, and on top of the regular worries parents have about their children, mum, sylvia also has to think about alexs autism and the extra support he needs to gain independence. Support thats under fire for her and other families as Birmingham City council struggles with financial difficulties. What you get is families that are on their knees with a trauma presentation, traumatised kids, and they never get decent outcomes. Theyjust end up constantly trying to get the basics, which everybody else s child gets naturally. And its Notjust Birmingham thats struggling. Across the country, councils are warning that front line neighbourhood Services Like parks
a £20,000 payment for 240 dentists to moved to underserved areas, top up payments for dentists to take on new nhs patients and school visits to support tooth brushing and offer children fluoride varnish treatments. let s go to our panel. with me if the deputy director of the centre right think tank onward adam hawkes be an author of cosmopolitan politics on some stack and lease. we will talk to you about the situation in the us in a minute but adam, what do you make of this is the government announced a new plan but there is criticism of it from the dental industry today? there was, and this is a sort of thing there was, and this is a sort of thing that there was, and this is a sort of thing that people expect the government to take care of. when you say to government to take care of. when you say to people what are some of the things you say to people what are some of the things you are for about, cannot get employment, and cannot get a gp or passport employment,
confidence, which has been hit by an economic slowdown and a deepening crisis in the property sector. earlier, i spoke to charu chanana from investment bank saxo, and she told me investors want to see beijing implement long term structural reforms. it s not something that can offer that long term comfort to chinese investors or those who are actually looking for the stocks to get dirt cheap and kind of, you know, make an entry into that market. these are measures that we have obviously seen in the past as well, in the last few weeks, and all they really do is to try to put a floor but it is not something that investors are excited about, the chinese market. i think investors are really waiting for some kind of a structural reform there. and just the whole message that has been coming out of the politbureau meeting and the lack of details on when we are really going to see that third plan meeting which actually focuses on the structural side of the economy. i mean, those are