Ernie Clark. Hilperton Division, Wiltshire Council.

How bad will the news be?

Figures for grants to councils for next year and 2012/13 will be published today.

Eric Pickles, the Communities Secretary will be going public today on just how deep cuts will have to be.

Councils face a 26% funding cut over the next four years but most of this will take effect in the first two years.

Some very hard decisions are going to have to be made about cuts to services.