Oliver Rudgewick

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Recent articles

Gove pledges grant increases in line with CPI

Ministers are set to raise the revenue support grant for local authorities in line with inflation... Read more
Welsh budget ‘toughest since devolution’

Inflation has massively eaten into the Welsh budget, a minister has revealed.
Croydon Chief exec pay off lawful, says council

The exit deal between a London borough and its former chief executive was legal and cost-effective... Read more
Betts criticises ‘problematic’ lack of council funding data

The lack of sufficient data on how much local authorities received from government grants makes it... Read more
Luton at risk of statutory audit intervention as airport valuation issues continue

Disagreement over how to value Luton Borough Council’s subsidiary airport company means the... Read more
Welsh budget restrictions hinder long-term planning

The financially restrictive devolution settlement is holding back Wales’s ability to plan for the... Read more
Backlogs hinder recovery in local audit performance

Settling past accounts has delayed councils from closing the books on 2022, according to the audit... Read more
Suffolk and Norfolk offered devolution deals

Two counties have been offered separate devolution deals worth more than £1bn over the next 30... Read more
DLUHC criticised for ‘narrow focus’ on local authority housing targets

Local authorities should have more power to build homes to support people most in need, and... Read more
Asset sales vital to repaying £266m of Slough debt

Slough Borough Council will need to sell £100m of property in the next nine months if it is to... Read more

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