crumbling

"This government inherited a crumbling local government sector," the spokesperson said.

They’re celebrating one thing: the fact that the America that once stood in their way is crumbling.

"A political order is now crumbling. What we have become used to for decades is breaking down."

But it is the reported figure in a country whose infrastructure has been quietly crumbling for years due to chronic under-investment - public and private.

Museums, galleries and other cultural venues in England are to receive £270m funding to stay afloat and fix their crumbling buildings, the government has said.