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EXCLUSIVE: LGA reduces funding gap but £8m deficit looms
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

EXCLUSIVE: LGA reduces funding gap but £8m deficit looms

By Dan Peters | 11 August 2026

The Local Government Association (LGA) has reduced its funding gap by £16m but still faces a forecasted deficit of about £8m over the next four years, it has emerged.

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POLICY AND POLITICS

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From major infrastructure projects to urban regeneration, successful places are those that conver...

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FINANCE

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Ministers are poised to crackdown on risky council investments using new powers to patrol ‘excess...

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