Extra income from council tax rises will not protect services, the Local Government Association has warned. LGA chairman Lord Porter said: “The extra income this year will help offset some of the financial pressures they face, but the reality is that many councils are now beyond the point where council tax income can be expected to plug the growing funding gaps they face. Extra social care funding will be wiped out by the significant cost pressures of paying for the government’s national living wage and extra general council tax income will only replace a third of the central government funding they will lose this year.”
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