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30 Apr 20
The government has confirmed a further delay to the Fair Funding Review for councils, due to the disruption caused by coronavirus.
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27 Jan 20
Adult social care funding will be slashed for metropolitan councils in England with cash being funnelled to shire counties under the government’s new fair funding formula, according to analysis.
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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.
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2 Oct 19
The Queen’s Speech should be used to reinvigorate the devolution agenda, local government leaders have said.
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30 Sep 19
The financial secretary to the Treasury has said changes to local authority funding allocations “will happen” but could not say when.
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5 Sep 19
The communities secretary has postponed implementation of changes to local government funding following the Fair Funding Review and to business rates retention.
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5 Jul 19
The fairer funding formula and Spending Review will allow us to build a stronger, sustainable future for local government, says communities secretary James Brokenshire.
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18 Jun 19
The demands on upper-tier authorities to deliver costly social care services will be more accurately reflected in the forthcoming shake-up of local government funding, MPs have heard.
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6 Mar 19
The housing, communities and local government select committee has confirmed it will scrutinise council finance - after PF reported its plans last month.
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25 Feb 19
Umbrella groups have expressed dismay deprivation has not been included in the fair funding formula.
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4 Oct 18
CIPFA and the Institute for Fiscal Studies recently hosted a round tabled debate on the questions and issues thrown up by the government’s fair funding review. Vivienne Russell reports.
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25 Sep 18
Councillors from across England expressed concern the government will fail to redistribute funds equally after a major shake-up of grant allocation, at the Labour conference.
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29 Aug 18
The recalculation of local government funding allocations should take into account all the ways councils could bring in money, explains the IFS’s Neil Amin-Smith.
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22 Aug 18
Inner London councils are set to lose out from the fair funding review, according to analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
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2 May 18
Brexit is likely to hamper much-needed local government reform over the next 10 years, CIPFA chief executive Rob Whiteman has told a conference this morning.
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13 Mar 18
The fair funding review will fail unless any reforms come with more money for local government, an umbrella-group has warned.
30 Apr 20The government has confirmed a further delay to the Fair Funding Review for councils, due to the disruption caused by coronavirus.
13 Nov 19Protecting 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.
2 Oct 19The Queen’s Speech should be used to reinvigorate the devolution agenda, local government leaders have said.
30 Sep 19The financial secretary to the Treasury has said changes to local authority funding allocations “will happen” but could not say when.
5 Jul 19The fairer funding formula and Spending Review will allow us to build a stronger, sustainable future for local government, says communities secretary James Brokenshire.
18 Jun 19The demands on upper-tier authorities to deliver costly social care services will be more accurately reflected in the forthcoming shake-up of local government funding, MPs have heard.
6 Mar 19The housing, communities and local government select committee has confirmed it will scrutinise council finance - after PF reported its plans last month.
25 Feb 19Umbrella groups have expressed dismay deprivation has not been included in the fair funding formula.
4 Oct 18CIPFA and the Institute for Fiscal Studies recently hosted a round tabled debate on the questions and issues thrown up by the government’s fair funding review. Vivienne Russell reports.
25 Sep 18Councillors from across England expressed concern the government will fail to redistribute funds equally after a major shake-up of grant allocation, at the Labour conference.
29 Aug 18The recalculation of local government funding allocations should take into account all the ways councils could bring in money, explains the IFS’s Neil Amin-Smith.
22 Aug 18Inner London councils are set to lose out from the fair funding review, according to analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
2 May 18Brexit is likely to hamper much-needed local government reform over the next 10 years, CIPFA chief executive Rob Whiteman has told a conference this morning.
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