Taxpayers in Bradford face years of extra debt as a result of government intervention in the council’s finances, councillors have warned.
Last week, ministers agreed to grant Bradford Council 220m of “exceptional financial support” to avoid it effectively going bankrupt.
The council will meet on Thursday to rubber-stamp its budget for next year.
Lib Dem group leader Brendan Stubbs said the support would “weigh heavy on our district for many years to come”.
Speaking ahead of Thursday’s meeting, councillors welcomed the intervention but warned it would saddle taxpayers with years of extra debt and would not solve the problems long-term.
Councillor Mike Pollard, finance spokesman for the Conservatives on the c…
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