David Bick, Reform leader at Norfolk County Council, has accused the government of "not understanding" the pressures on rural communities as he warned the authority faces a multi-million-pound funding gap between next year and 2031.

The authority already needs to make £36m of cuts and savings to balance its books for the forthcoming financial year and Mr Bick said that, without the government taking action to "correct" the funding trajectory, some £343m of cost pressures are "not sustainable".

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