How do we save Local Government? We need to start by some frank talking

As the National Audit offices announces that councils will have faced 37% cuts under this government and the LGA points out when hundreds of thousands of front line local government workers already know that we are buckling under the strain of these cuts.

This contribution from Jon Rogers is a useful starting point:

http://www.jonrogers1963.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/the-labour-movement-and-future-of-local.html