Councils are expecting to make spending cuts of 20 to 30 percent by 2014, but many have no strategy in place to achieve these targets.

A survey of over 100 top managers by YouGovStone, commissioned by Interserve, the support services and construction group, found that 40 per cent do not yet have strategies in place to achieve the spending cuts required. Overall, 25 per cent of councils don’t expect to meet their savings targets fully by 2014.

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