Angela Rayner has accused the Conservatives of cynically applying a “sticking plaster” to council finances to get through the next election, as local authority leaders warn that more will go bust next year.
The shadow communities secretary said Labour was “under no illusions” about the financial mess it would inherit in local councils if it gained power, after the Tories “took a sledgehammer” to budgets for more than a decade.
Can someone in the UK tell me what a “sticking plaster” is? I’m guessing spackle? Or is that just the British way of saying “glue?”
Edit: Thank you. I lived there off and on for 2 years and don’t remember hearing that phrase.
A band-aid. Though in most circumstances it would just be a “plaster”.
It’s what Americans would call a band-aid
Also spackle is called filler or polyfilla (which is a brand name)
A band aid, we’re not allowed to say Elastoplast because it’s a brand name /s