‘The greater the deprivation, the greater the need; the greater the need, the greater the reduction in local authority spend.’
Professor Sir Michael Marmot’s damning comment during the UK Covid Inquiry last month neatly summarised the last 13 years of Government policy. It is also a quotation that goes to the heart of the work of the Special Interest Group of Municipal Authorities (SIGOMA).
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