PUBLIC services could be scaled back if a local authority fails to salvage millions of pounds from SSI UK. That was the warning from Redcar and Cleveland Council as it revealed possible legal action to recoup unpaid business rates from the crippled steelmaker. Bosses say services, already under threat by Government cutbacks, are on a knife-edge. SSI owes the authority £10.7 million in business rates for the 2015/2016 financial year, and failed to meet its first instalment of about £4 million on Thursday (October 1).