Thirty cash-strapped local authorities have been granted more than £1.5bn in Exceptional Financial Support (EFS).
Minister of State for Local Government and English Devolution, Jim McMahon OBE, said the Government was working to ‘get councils back on their feet’.
The extra support has been granted on the condition that a local authority ‘may be subject to an external assurance review.’
McMahon added: ‘We are working with local leaders, encouraging councils to come in confidence where needed to seek help and be assured we will offer a relationship of partnership – not punishment – in our joint mission to improve public services for communities and create economic stability as set out in our Plan for Change.’
