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2 December 2025

Councils are selling off resources to make ends meet

Daily Sensemaker

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Daily Sensemaker

Councils are selling off resources to make ends meet

A recent survey by the Key Cities group found that 60% of their member councils - which include places like Bath, Hull and Medway in Kent - were planning on selling off things like shopping arcades and social clubs to pay for the rising costs of social care.

 

Host: Ada Barume

Writer: Becky Pinnington and Poppy Bullard

Producer: Madeleine Parr

Episode photography: Joe Mee

Executive producer: Matt Russel

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