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Angela Rayner: Tories’ council fund is cynical pre-election sticking plaster (www.theguardian.com)

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Angela Rayner has accused the Conservatives of cynically applying a “sticking plaster” to council finances to get through the next election, as local authority leaders warn that more will go bust next year.

The shadow communities secretary said Labour was “under no illusions” about the financial mess it would inherit in local councils if it gained power, after the Tories “took a sledgehammer” to budgets for more than a decade.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (4 children)

Can someone in the UK tell me what a "sticking plaster" is? I'm guessing spackle? Or is that just the British way of saying "glue?"

Edit: Thank you. I lived there off and on for 2 years and don't remember hearing that phrase.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

A band-aid. Though in most circumstances it would just be a "plaster".

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