Marsham Street will embed its local authority sustainability tool in its preparations for next year’s Spending Review.
The tool, which aims to track sector-wide financial sustainability risk using metrics, was developed by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) after spending watchdogs in 2014 told the department to do more to understand the impact of funding cutbacks on council services.
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