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Councils said the most common cause of financial pressures was demand for children s social care services following Government requests to treat these as an equal priority with adult care.
A survey of 47 local authorities in the North, the Midlands and on the South Coast revealed a severe strain on finances driven by the depletion of cash reserves available to cover gaps in budgets.