City of York Council chiefs issued the warning after Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt issued his Autumn Statement on Wednesday.
The council said there was nothing in the statement which eased pressures on local council budgets across the UK.
It said the council had a new four-year financial plan, designed to help it meet both its budgetary challenges, and the priorities of the council’s new council plan, One City For All.
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