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Tories ‘try to blame council cuts on Labour’

CHANCELLOR George Osborne was accused yesterday of cynically attempting to lay the blame for Tory spending cuts with Labour councils.

Shadow chancellor John McDonnell condemned “ideologically driven, unfairly distributed” cuts, in a statement issued with seven Labour council leaders.

They warned that cuts to libraries, elderly care and youth centres are “tearing apart the fabric of our local communities.”

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