CIVIC chiefs have insisted they cannot flog a prized Lowry painting, despite battling a funding crisis.
Middlesbrough council owns a £32.5million art collection but is struggling to fund services amid a shortfall.
The authority getting financial aid from the Government to stave off bankruptcy - has set out savings of £14m, leaving a £6.3m hole in its 2023/4 budget of £126m.
But selling the collect including 1,000 tion fine art pieces, 250 ceramics and 250,000 natural science specimens would leave it open to legal challenges, tol according to bosses.
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