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'Serious issues' over fair funding formula

A key part of the proposed Fair Funding formula must be removed due to ‘serious issues’, London Councils has demanded.

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A key part of the proposed fair funding formula must be removed due to ‘serious issues', London Councils has demanded.

The group said the relative needs formula for children's services put forward by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has ‘questionable overall robustness and accuracy'.

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