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
with over two thirds of councils yet to declare there is still a long way to go. hello, i m maryam moshiri live in westminster as results from yesterday s local elections across england come in. rishi sunak s conservative party have lost over 200 council seats across the country, something he has described as disappointing . labour have taken control of plymouth, stoke on trent and taken medway in kent from the conservatives among their top target councils. and the liberal democrats have also picked up seats and taken control of windsor. their leader saying the results are ground breaking . there is still a long way to go as more than two thirds of councils have yet to declare their results. we ll bring you coverage throughout the morning and analyse what the results so far mean. but first let s get the story of the night from our political correspondent jonathan blake. cheering. celebrations in stoke on trent a key victory for labour overnight. they took control of the c
Say for sure. clearly, the conservatives are still the biggest party. but very disappointing to have lost overall control. interestingly, the outgoing tory leader in medway said it was about the cost of living, it was about housing targets, it was about not being able to get a gp appointment. i would say those are local issues, but they are also big national issues. before i get more reaction from our guests, let s talk to the bbc deputy political editor vicki young. give us your thoughts so far. no doubt about it, the conservatives are talking about it being a disappointing night, ijust spoke to one cabinet minister who said it is definitely the upper end of disappointing. if you remember, we talked about management of acceptation, greg hands, the chairman, talking about losing 1006. at the time, a couple of cabinet minister said, at the time, a couple of cabinet ministersaid, if at the time, a couple of cabinet minister said, if he is saying 1000 publicly, that means about 700, not t
Gove s constituency area, rock solid conservative area, the lib dems are now saying they are making big gains there and it is really up in the air about who will control that council, which would be a pretty outstanding result if it were to happen. bz icki result if it were to happen. vicki youn: , result if it were to happen. vicki young. thank result if it were to happen. vicki young, thank you result if it were to happen. vicki young, thank you very - result if it were to happen. vicki young, thank you very much. we are going to go to swindon in a moment. the issues that have been raised, cost of living, housing, gp appointments, these are things that the national government, that rishi sunak said he will tackle. certainly when it comes to inflation on the economy? i when it comes to inflation on the econom ? ., , when it comes to inflation on the economy? when it comes to inflation on the econom ? ~ , :, economy? i think it is easy to say that it is focused economy? i think