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Salford trails ‘no cuts’ budget

Salford City Council has promised that it will not make any cuts in its 2020/21 budget.

The authority says services will next year get a reprieve after making a total of £211m of cuts and budget reductions to balance budgets since 2010.

Full details of the authority’s spending plan for next year will be revealed later this month.

Salford city mayor Paul Dennett said: “The council has reached a no cuts position this year after careful stewardship and bold decisions to invest to save in innovative service changes to ensure we are making the best use of our available resources to meet the needs of our residents.”

Until recently, the FRC had little involvement in local government affairs. But with investigations into council officers becoming more frequent, where is the political accountability?

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