" In my view it's a matter of when, not if, more councils go bankrupt, " a policy adviser from the Local Government Association told me.

地方政府协会的一位政策顾问告诉我：“在我看来，这是一个何时有更多议会破产的问题，而不是会不会有更多议会破产的问题。”

The other you mentioned was BT, but then also a deal for the local government associations.

你提到的另一个是BT， 但也是当地政府协会的交易。

By 2020, they will have experienced a 54% reduction in funding from central government, according to the UK's Local Government Association.

根据英国地方政府协会的数据，到 2020 年，他们从中央政府获得的资金将减少 54%。

The local governments all say the particular thing there is that the unions actually have bargaining arrangements with the Local Government Association there, so it's not quite the same sort of handed-down-from-central-government approach.

地方政府都说那里的特殊情况是工会实际上与那里的地方政府协会有讨价还价的安排，所以这与中央政府传下来的方法不太一样。