County and district finance chiefs are to meet later this month to consider a potential change to the split in business rates revenue once the tax is fully localised to local government.
Plans for a £33bn asset pool across 11 local government pension schemes have been formally launched following last month’s submission of an outline plan to government.
Essex County Council has set out a three-year “invest to save” plan in order to ensure it can continue to provide public services while also balancing its budget.