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FINANCE
Locality arrangements must be right to avoid remoteness between new unitaries and residents
By Kathy O'Leary | 16 December 2025
The recent removal of ‘remoteness’ as a factor in determining council funding through the Fair Funding Review makes no allowance for the additional cost of delivering services in rural areas, says ...
FINANCE
Peer warning over Redbridge finances
By Joe Lepper | 21 October 2025
Redbridge LBC will be forced to seek exceptional financial support (EFS), a review has warned.
FINANCE
Transformation is not a one-off project
By Iain Murray | 10 October 2025
Convenient temporary financial fixes may keep authorities afloat, but do not build the foundation...
HOUSING
Stepping up to the housing challenge
By Martin Ford | 15 April 2025
With the Government intent on ramping up housebuilding figures, the delivery of accompanying infr...
REORGANISATION
East Sussex unitary 'probably most likely option'
By Dan Peters | 02 April 2025
A single tier East Sussex unitary of around 550,000 people is 'probably the most likely' reorgani...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Finances threaten 1.5m housebuilding target
By William Eichler | 20 March 2025
The pressure on social housing finances at the local level could undermine the Government’s ambit...
SCOTLAND
Health and social care facing £457m funding gap in Scotland
By Lee Peart | 06 March 2025
Health and social care finances in Scotland are facing a £457m funding gap in 2024-25, a report h...
FINANCE
'Budgetary pressures' force plea to Government
By Emily Twinch | 16 December 2024
Councillors at Labour-led Cheshire East Council have agreed to ask the Government for two more ye...
FINANCE
From fiscal ping-pong to raiding reserves
By Heather Jameson | 05 December 2024
Editor Heather Jameson says the Labour Government is making no secret of its financial favouritism.
FINANCE
EXCLUSIVE: Share the wealth
By Paul Marinko | 05 December 2024
Salford’s Labour mayor suggests pooling of sector reserves after fears emerge over proposals to o...
FUNDING
Let the funding battle commence
By Paul Marinko | 02 December 2024
The Government’s latest policy statement signals its intent to address the sector’s funding imbal...
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