All councils will see a 3% increase in spending for the next financial year, a central government ‘blueprint’ for spending has revealed.
Ahead of the provisional Local Government Finance Settlement, which is due to be published next week, ministers have highlighted the principles for the next two years.The policy statement comes amid increasing criticism over how late the finance statement is, and the difficulty it causes for local government budgets.
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