Nick Clegg has been urged by the leader of the Liberal Democrats' local councillors to "rein in" two senior Tory ministers who he accused of being "a disgrace" for denying spending cuts would lead to town hall job losses and service reductions. Richard Kemp, whose own authority of Liverpool faces an 8.9% drop in spending power next year, said Eric Pickles and Grant Shapps were acting "like Laurel and Hardy". In an email to the Deputy Prime Minister and Lib Dem leader, he said the pair were issuing a near-daily "gimmick" in a bid to suggest the massive drop in funding could be bridged alone by pay cuts, efficiency savings and using reserves. "Their behaviour is a disgrace. Either they really do not know how serious the situation is that they have created by rushing to get brownie points by being the first to settle with the biggest front loading or they are deliberately trying to distract attention from the problems that they have created," he wrote. Read more on 24dash.
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