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Manchester becomes latest council to warn of potential ‘bankruptcy’ due to Covid-19

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Leeds and Liverpool. Manchester’s council leader Sir Richard Leese said that although there is a ‘reasonable expectation’ some kind of further funding would be coming from ministers in the near future, details were unclear and there was ‘no certainty in the medium term’.“It’s effectively a hand to mouth exercise at the moment and that’s putting services at risk, it’s putting jobs at risk,” he said.Councils nationally have received a total of £3.2bn in extra funding from government during the pandemic, but in recent weeks more and more have warned 114 notices - considered a nuclear option and historically a rare occurrence - could be on the cards due to huge forecast shortfalls, particularly due to lost income.Such a move would see councils.

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