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FINANCE
Late change to fair funding review expected
By Dan Peters | 29 October 2025
Urban councils are expecting a ‘perverse’ late change to proposed funding reform they fear would cost them hundreds of millions of pounds.
FINANCE
Fair Funding 2.0 next steps: Turning promises into action for deprived communities
By Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton | 08 September 2025
Full council tax equalisation and the use of deprivation indices mark a critical shift toward nee...
FINANCE
Fair funding finally within sight
By Sir Stephen Houghton | 11 July 2025
Full council tax equalisation will have a huge impact for the most deprived areas, but for the se...
FINANCE
Grant funding's phase-in
By Ann McGauran | 02 July 2025
The fair funding review 2.0 has landed, but will it put the whole of a beleaguered sector onto a ...
LGA
Councils' watershed moment
By Martin Ford | 05 June 2025
Next week’s Spending Review will have huge implications for the future finances of local governme...
FINANCE
Barnet lobbies for fair funding review to reflect care costs
By Dan Peters | 28 May 2025
Barnet LBC is lobbying for adult social care costs to be adequately reflected in the Government’s...
FINANCE
Investment is required in every part of the country
By Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton | 16 May 2025
Positive steps on local government finance need to be backed up by investment and cost-of-living ...
FINANCE
Resetting the funding system is vital
By Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton | 04 April 2025
SIGOMA’s latest report sets out the path to a more sustainable and equitable local government fun...
WELFARE
'Devil in the details' of welfare reform plans, says SIGOMA
By Ann McGauran | 19 March 2025
The ‘devil will be in the details’ of the Government’s proposed reforms to welfare, says the lead...
FUNDING
Funding resets should tie in with multi-year settlements, says report
By Ann McGauran | 18 March 2025
Ministers should commit to regular local government funding resets ideally every three years to t...
LEGAL
Council leader: Legally challenging grant axing worthwhile
By Dan Peters | 28 February 2025
North Yorkshire Council’s legal action against the Government over a £14m funding cut could cost ...
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