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18 Mar 22
The government’s ‘levelling up’ agenda is reliant on detail on funding reforms omitted from last month’s white paper, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
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19 Jan 22
Collectively, councils were over-compensated by central government for the financial impact of Covid-19. But the withdrawal of support means tougher times lie ahead, says David Phillips from the...
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13 Jan 22
The government could consult on reforms to local government funding as early as this Spring, according to local government minister Kemi Badenoch.
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5 Oct 21
In a 1,000-word open letter to new communities secretary Michael Gove, CIPFA chief executive Rob Whiteman says local government would welcome radical change to its functions and form in return for...
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4 Oct 21
The government is assessing additional grants or further council tax flexibilities to help fund the burgeoning social care deficit, according to a report in the national press.
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14 Sep 21
Scottish National Party members have supported a motion calling for local authorities to be allowed a more permissive environment to raise revenues to help fund services.
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27 Aug 21
More frequent business rates valuations in England would be a “positive step” but must happen alongside other reforms to the wider council funding system, the Local Government Association has told...
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29 Oct 20
The government has announced a rapid review into governance at the London Borough following the publication of a “damning” public interest report.
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2 Jun 20
Rochdale Borough Council has suspended its risk-sharing agreement with the borough’s clinical commissioning group, due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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28 May 20
Liverpool’s combined authority has warned its funding gap could hit £250m as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, and has written to the government calling for ‘fairer funding’.
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13 Nov 19
Protecting social care spending has forced English councils to cut other services by 40% in the last 10 years, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.