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Scottish council chiefs call for £45m uplift guarantee
12/02/2024 Leaders in Scotland have called for a guarantee the £45m Barnett consequentials from a £600m increase to the English finance settlement will be passed on. |
Welsh councils call for clarification over council tax rebate
10/02/2022 The Government has reassured council chiefs in Wales that the Welsh government will receive £180m of new funding as a result of the council tax rebate. |
Mayor calls for English Barnett Formula
21/02/2020 The Government should create an English version of the Barnett Formula to deliver fair funding outside of London, the mayor of Greater Manchester has said. |
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Regional funding requires ‘radical shake-up’ post-Brexit, commission says
01/12/2017 Public sector leaders have called for a radical shake-up of the way regional funding now coming from the EU is shared out after Brexit. |
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Labour urged to drop 'discredited' Barnett formula
06/01/2015 Labour has been accused of using the Barnett formula as an ‘outrageous bribe’ to keep voters north of the border onside, by former local government minister Bob Neill. |
