Reform UK-led Havering LBC has called on the Government to cancel the council’s outstanding emergency borrowing and loan interest costs.
The call comes as the council forecasts it will need £54m in exceptional financial support in the current financial year, with officers describing a further request exceptional financial support for 2027-28 as ‘unavoidable’ due to the ‘sheer size of the gap’.
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