Local authorities have been instructed to find 1.165bn insavings, as part of 6.2bn in public sector cuts announced lastweek.
Of this, 311m will be cut from the Department for Education'soverall area-based grant, which is given to councils annually.
A former director of children's services, who wished to remainanonymous, told CYP Now that a typical medium-sized metropolitanauthority may have to slash more than 6m of spending across theboard - which could equate to 180 job losses plus other cuts.
"There will be many competing priorities outside of children'sservices," the source warned. "Directors of children's services willneed to be assertive in protecting key services for children and youngpeople.
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