LCC: Graph of Doom shows extent of predicted government cuts

A graph has been produced to show the expected impact of government cuts on Lancashire County Council. Nearly another £300m of cuts are expected between now and 2021 which will leave a funding gap of over £223m after the hundreds of millions of pounds of savings which have already been identified.

This is not even the worst case scenario.

County councillor Miles Parkinson said, "The situation at LCC will have a major impact locally in Hyndburn when non-statutory services are either severely reduced or stopped altogether. 'Bleak' is too good a word to use when we look at what needs to be implemented to resolve the funding crisis."