Local government settlement
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29 Jun 22Levelling up secretary Michael Gove has confirmed councils in England will receive two-year funding settlements from next year to help them plan with “a greater degree of confidence”. -
26 May 22The Scottish government has been told it should provide local authorities with a multi-year financial settlement to enable robust medium-term planning amid long-term funding reductions. -
18 Jan 22The Scottish government must rethink last month's local government settlement or risk disastrous consequences for communities, say COSLA's Alison Evison and Gail Macgregor. -
13 Jan 22The government could consult on reforms to local government funding as early as this Spring, according to local government minister Kemi Badenoch. -
5 Jan 22A Nottinghamshire council is considering whether to reverse a proposed council tax increase of 1.99% in its next budget following a larger-than-expected grant from central government. -
17 Dec 21The allocation of the local government settlement, steering more funding to deprived councils, is a signal of the government’s intentions on 'levelling up', according to experts. -
16 Dec 21Local authorities are set to receive a share of a one-off £822m services grant in 2022-23, to help meet service demands, as part of a single-year provisional local government settlement announced on... -
5 Feb 21Local government spending power will be around two percentage points lower than the 4.6% trailed by the government in the final funding settlement announced yesterday, according to a local government... -
21 Dec 20Core funding for councils in England is set to be 3% lower in real terms per head next year than in 2015-2016, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies. -
16 Jan 19The Scottish finance secretary has defended his planned settlement for local government while stressing he is “open minded” to giving councils greater fiscal autonomy. -
6 Dec 18The provisional local government finance settlement has been delayed to make way for the parliamentary debates on Brexit. -
15 Jan 18Councils across England are proposing to take advantage of the ability to raise council tax by a further 1%, Public Finance has found. -
10 Jan 18Local authorities must have robust financial plans to withstand the myriad of challenges in the forseeable future, says Rob Whiteman.
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20 Dec 17Councils in England will face a “financial cliff edge” if there are delays to an overhaul of how local authorities are funded, the Local Government Association has warned. -
19 Dec 17Communities secretary Sajid Javid has today announced a shake-up of the formula for distributing funding to local authorities in England.
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2 Jul 15Local government secretary Greg Clark has said he will make the case for greater certainty in council funding settlements as the government prepares for the Spending Review.
