The newly elected Reform UK leader of Essex County Council has initiated legal proceedings against the government over the county’s local government reorganisation decision.
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.
