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Local government cuts: 5 key facts

26 January 2016
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£11.3 billion will be cut from total central government grants to councils by 2016

From 2010-2015 council budgets were cut by 40 per cent. In 2015 George Osborne announced a further 30 per cent cut

75 per cent of local government workers are women, meaning cuts will affect those already discriminated against in the job market

£260 million has already been cut from youth services. This means 350 youth centres closed and 41,000 youth service places for young people scrapped

£82 million has been cut from children’s centre budgets, with 250+ centres closed since 2010

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