Liverpool City Council, which encompasses the highest levels of deprivation in England, has pledged to protect its most vulnerable residents as it copes with cuts of more than £140m over the next two years. 
The city's children's services, including Sure Start children's centres, and services for vulnerable adults are being given priority over areas such as leisure and libraries in the balancing act of setting the budget.
Liverpool is losing £91m this year and £50m in 2012/13. According to its budget document, 'the council is the most deprived in England and Wales and has received the largest reduction in spending power of all local authorities in 2011/12'.
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