North punished by Conservative cuts while the South gets increases

A map of the cuts to Council grants by the government shows that the North is hardest hit whilst large areas of the South are actually getting increases.

Hyndburn Borough Council is once again stung with the maximum cut of 6.4% although in reality this is likely to be much higher due to other funding stream reductions. A recent annual reduction of 8.8% worked out at nearer 16% once other factors were considered.

Lancashire is particularly hard hit as it contains a quarter of all Councils which will suffer the hardest cuts.

In contrast, Southern areas such as Tewkesbury, Surrey, Windsor, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire and Cambridgeshire will all receive grant increases of up to 3.2%.

A full list can be found here.