A report by the organisation calculates that the average council has already faced a 27 per cent cut in central government funding over the current spending review period covering 2011/12 to 2014/15.
It warns that a further 10 per cent cut when the 2015/16 spending round is announced next month would mean the average council having to find savings of £30m for that financial year.
“In order to achieve that cut it would have to reduce spending on a broad combination of non-statutory services which might include children's centres,” the report states.
The report goes on to predict that due to a combination of cuts and increased demand, councils will only be able to provide statutory services by 2019/20 “unless there is a major reform of local government finance”.
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