From welfare to warfare: Sunak’s spending shift imperils local services again

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From welfare to warfare: Sunak’s spending shift imperils local services again

Council budgets looks a likely target when the Tory government seeks to balance the books and pay for its promisesTalking tough on “sicknote culture”, stopping the boats and offering billions of pounds extra for defence spending. Ahead of local elections in England and Wales this week, Rishi Sunak has been in campaign overdrive.With the prime minister suffering the joint-lowest satisfaction rating of any Conservative or Labour leader since 1978,…