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Angela Rayner: Tories’ council fund is cynical pre-election sticking plaster (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 11 months ago by 0x815@feddit.de to c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk

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Angela Rayner has accused the Conservatives of cynically applying a “sticking plaster” to council finances to get through the next election, as local authority leaders warn that more will go bust next year.

The shadow communities secretary said Labour was “under no illusions” about the financial mess it would inherit in local councils if it gained power, after the Tories “took a sledgehammer” to budgets for more than a decade.

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[–] Orbituary@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (4 children)

Can someone in the UK tell me what a "sticking plaster" is? I'm guessing spackle? Or is that just the British way of saying "glue?"

Edit: Thank you. I lived there off and on for 2 years and don't remember hearing that phrase.

[–] Parellius@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

A band-aid. Though in most circumstances it would just be a "plaster".

[–] mattg@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 11 months ago

It's what Americans would call a band-aid

[–] GombeenSysadmin@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Also spackle is called filler or polyfilla (which is a brand name)

[–] mannycalavera@feddit.uk 3 points 11 months ago

A band aid, we're not allowed to say Elastoplast because it's a brand name /s