From £7m to £76,000 - is Blackpool Council at risk of collapsing?

Is the 'very existence' of Blackpool Council at risk by overspending? Shelagh Parkinson reports on the latest row between Labour and opposing Conservatives

Coun Lynn Williams

Blackpool Council’s finances are ‘on the edge’ the town’s opposition leader has warned after new figures showed reserves have dropped to just £76,000.

Coun Paul Galley, leader of the Conservative group on the council, said: “These figures are the worst I’ve ever seen, the Labour Council is now over spending in almost every area.

“These m…