Councils face more funding uncertainty

By Dan Peters | 14 August 2019

‘Indicative numbers’ for the amount councils will receive in 2020/21 will not be published before next month’s Spending Review, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has admitted after it missed a self-imposed deadline.

MHCLG was also unable to confirm this week whether the fair funding review and 75% business rates retention would be rolled out as planned from April.

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