The Government's Fair Funding Review is a vital opportunity to correct historic imbalances in council funding, and we are pleased that the Government has committed to many of the long-awaited reforms that SIGOMA has campaigned for over the last decade.
For too long, deprived urban communities faced the brunt of austerity, with real-terms cuts far deeper than those faced by more prosperous areas. SIGOMA councils alone have faced funding reductions 25% worse than the national average, and four times worse than shire counties. These cuts have hollowed out local services and left communities struggling to access the support they need.
