Salford in Greater Manchester is to be hit by waves of redundancies and axed services as the government slashes another £80 million from the council budget by 2017.

The coalition is demanding £25m in "savings" this year alone, it emerged yesterday, prompting stark warnings that local government services will be permanently damaged.

Salford suffers some of the worst deprivation in the region, including the highest rate of unemployment, which has risen by double the national average.