Ann McGauran 18 March 2026

Government announces five pooled budgets pilots

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The Government has announced details of pilots to test pooled budgets in five areas, ahead of setting out a vision for public service reform later this year.

Local government secretary Steve Reed said the pilots would cover special educational needs and disabilities across the Liverpool City Region, young people at risk of offending in Gateshead and South Tyneside, adolescent mental health across four local authorities in the Black Country: Dudley, Sandwell, Wolverhampton and Walsall, adults facing multiple disadvantage in Doncaster, and preventing youth unemployment across West Yorkshire.

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