Dan Peters 26 September 2024

Dudley forced into reserves raid

Dudley MBC has ‘little scope to meet unexpected pressures', senior councillors have been told.

A report to a meeting of the council's cabinet yesterday forecasted Dudley would have to draw down £3.2m of reserves in year, leaving an unallocated general fund of £5.6m by April.

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