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| What is your council selling off to reduce costs? Share your experiences | What is your council selling off to reduce costs? Share your experiences |
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| If your council is experiencing financial difficulty and is selling assets we’d like to hear from you | |
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| Wed 7 Feb 2018 09.23 GMT | |
| Last modified on Wed 7 Feb 2018 09.24 GMT | |
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| Northamptonshire county council has admitted it is close to bankruptcy and is facing an estimated £10m overspend on its budget this year. Due to “severe financial challenges” it has issued a section 114 notice, which imposes controls on its spending except for statutory safeguarding - the first in two decades. | Northamptonshire county council has admitted it is close to bankruptcy and is facing an estimated £10m overspend on its budget this year. Due to “severe financial challenges” it has issued a section 114 notice, which imposes controls on its spending except for statutory safeguarding - the first in two decades. |
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| If you work for the council or know of any services or assets that have been sold off, we’d like to hear from you. You can share your experiences by filling in the encrypted form below. We’ll include some of your stories in our reporting. | If you work for the council or know of any services or assets that have been sold off, we’d like to hear from you. You can share your experiences by filling in the encrypted form below. We’ll include some of your stories in our reporting. |
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