The Government is favouring a new local government funding formula under which ministers would retain a significant amount of influence, The MJ understands.
Whitehall is weighing up whether a new relative needs assessment should be based on either a single foundation model with a number of common cost drivers covering all services or a foundation formula alongside some service-specific formulae.
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