Council cuts are putting the vulnerable at risk, Tory peer says

LGA chief says austerity could damage local authorities 'beyond recognition'

Local authorities have reached the point where relentless financial cutbacks are putting the wellbeing of vulnerable adults and children at risk, the Conservative leader of the Local Government Association (LGA) has warned.

The Tory peer Lord Porter said that after eight years of austerity during which 16bn has been stripped from municipal budgets in England, councils risked being "damaged beyond recognition" and communities depleted of vital services.

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