Firefighters in Essex have resumed their industrial action over cuts in front line services.
Funding for the three front line services has been increased by 0.2%, 3% and 4.9%, respectively.
Mr Brewster said there was some flexibility in its budget and front line services would be protected.
An extra 650 jobs cuts will not affect front line services according to the leader of Worcestershire County Council.
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Mr Shapps urged councils to save money and protect front line services by cutting executive pay and pooling activities.
We will prioritise our spend and protect front line services at all costs.
Unite said the cutting posts would mean a reduction in front line services.
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"We are going to try and do everything we can to protect front line services, " he said, adding that the authority was already looking at efficiency savings.
Mr Whitfield said savings could be made in the way new equipment was purchased and in the way the management of the service was structured, without "hitting front line services".
It said it was trying to protect front line services as far as possible, but that it needed to raise charges for care services and that people currently receiving the support will be assessed.
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Professor Sonia Blandford, director of SEN pilot scheme Achievement for All, said that the reform would enable "capacity building" within the service, as energy saved on bureaucracy could be channelled into front line services.
Responding to Lord Mandelson's view that the Conservatives are salivating at the prospect of cuts in expenditure, Mr Clarke said that even though all politicians want to try to protect front line services, cuts "are inevitable".
For Mr Hodgson it was jobs, Mr Guthrie said education, Ms Harris said she would protect jobs and front line services, Mr Hare would scrap the plans to sell off the old town hall while Mr Paszynski said he would halt the western bypass.
Some of the benefits of carbon reduction measures, according to the report, would be the creation of jobs in the 'green economy', increased reputation of Wales's academic and technology capacity in this field and increased revenue expenditure for public bodies to deliver front line services as their income from renewable energy sources increases.
The government said "every penny" saved by NHS efficiencies would be spent on front-line services for patients.
Speaking ahead of the discussion, Mr Gargan said as chief constable he was directly accountable for front-line services.
Chief fire officer Paul Raymond said front-line services would have to be cut to deal with the shortfall.
The Home Minister Jonathan Le Tocq said the aim was to improve front-line services by better using resources.
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Federation vice chairman Steve White said its biggest concern was protecting front-line services.
The council said the move would not mean a cut in front-line services, only a reduction of management posts.
"What we are trying to do is protect front-line services, " Mr Hale said.
Under current rules, revenue generated from the sale of council assets cannot go into running front-line services or paying wages.
The Conservative-run council also said there will be no cuts in front-line services, but a Labour councillor branded that "rubbish".
The council said the cash would be used to improve front-line services and "keep a lid" on future tax rises.
"We have to take a radical look at how we work, redesigning the front-line services and streamlining corporate functions, " he said.
But it's not JUST about cutting bureaucracy because those central government departments are responsible for current spending on front-line services too.
But the squeeze has also left its mark on the front-line services Labour has staked so much political capital on improving.
If we are to have any more reductions imposed upon us of significance it really will have an impact on front-line services.
Members of the authority said the financial strategy was to avoid harming front-line services but conceded that cuts in staff numbers were "unavoidable".
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