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FINANCE
Local authorities are at a crossroads
By Owen Mapley | 21 November 2024
While the Budget increases councils’ core spending power, many remain in the dark regarding fundi...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Not all about the money
By Ann McGauran | 19 November 2024
The Budget for 2025-26 is published, with a spending review for the following two years due in t...
POLICY AND POLITICS
The Government should provide certainty and clarity over financial reforms
By By Cllr Louise Gittins | 19 November 2024
Looking ahead to next spring’s Spending Review, it is critical the Government provides a signific...
FINANCE
EXCLUSIVE: Council chiefs told settlement will be 19 December
By Dan Peters | 14 November 2024
Council chiefs have been told by Whitehall officials they may have to wait until less than a week...
FINANCE
This Budget was a first step
By Jon Rowney | 07 November 2024
Jon Rowney anticipates a stronger indication of Government’s approach to public sector reform in ...
AUTUMN BUDGET
UKSPF allocations slashed by 40%
By Dan Peters | 04 November 2024
Allocations from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (SPF) have been cut by 40% to £900m for a ‘transit...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
The ham and eggs approach to growth
By Dr Henry Kippin | 23 October 2024
Last week, the Government produced its Industrial Strategy, but it will need a Budget, devolution...
SOLACE SUMMIT
Pointing towards a brighter partnership
By Matt Prosser | 17 October 2024
As delegates gather in Manchester for the Solace Summit, Matt Prosser says the relationship reset...
FINANCE
Breaking free from short-term fixes
By By Owen Mapley | 11 October 2024
The sector needs immediate support to 'start planning for an alternative to episodic crisis manag...
FINANCE
The big calculation conundrum
By David Phillips | 10 October 2024
With the Budget in sight, David Phillips says that even if chancellor Rachel Reeves manages to av...
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