"DISASTROUS" emergency funding cuts may be forced on councils - with some even going bust.
The cost-of-living crunch could see bin collections axed, school services reduced, leisure centres closed and roads and pavements in ruin.
A triple blow of spiralling inflation, high energy prices and increases to the National Living Wage is to blame.
It will add £2.4billion in extra costs to town-hall budgets this year.
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