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UK: Labour-run Slough council declares bankruptcy after failed commercial deals Labour Party-run Slough borough council has become the third English local authority, after Northamptonshire and Croydon, to declare itself bankrupt. It has issued a Section 114 notice under the 1988 Local Government Finance Act, required if councils do not have sufficient financial resources to function, and announced an immediate “pausing [of] non-essential spending.” Slough Town Hall (credit: Wikimedia Commons) The notice followed discovery of a projected £96 million deficit in the council’s budget, and revelations that its reserves had fallen from £7.5 million to £500,000. If not addressed, the budget deficit could rise to an estimated £150 million by 2024. ....