Some grim reading here from the Londonist on how each council's budget will be slashed in 2011. http://tinyurl.com/2cyz59c

Islington is among the worst hit, receiving the fourth highest total budget cuts of all councils at 8.78%. Only Hackney, Tower Hamlets and Newham came off worse. This has come as a blow to many residents of the borough, which has one of the biggest social divides in the country.