As British public policy ever increasingly mimics the USA - academies, City Mayors, large scale outsourcing and tuition fees to name a few - how long before a cash strapped Council goes the same way as the financially collapsed city of Detroit in Michigan. 'The citizens of Detroit need and deserve a clear road out of the cycle of ever-decreasing services' said Michigan governor Richard Snyder. Far fetched? Not according to the Local Government Association which recently warned that councils in England could face 'financial meltdown' because of draconian cuts in government funding:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/18/detroit-formally-files-bankruptcy
http://www.localgov.co.uk/index.cfm?method=news.detail&id=109761
