The Government’s ‘unprecedented’ decision not to carry out a technical consultation before this year’s local government finance settlement has provoked angry reaction from the sector.
Essex CC leader Cllr David Finch said it meant changes to the funding formula were applied at the ‘eleventh hour’.
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