The local government funding system is ‘out of date and arbitary’ and it threatens levelling up, new research from the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said.
Evidence produced by the IFS shows the most deprived areas in the country get 10% less funding than their assessed need, while the least deprived are funded 20% higher than their assessed need.
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