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Budget: Trailblazer devo deal for North East

06/03/2024

The North East has secured a trailblazer devolution deal that could provide a package of new funding potentially worth more than £100m, chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced in his Budget.

Gauke calls for new Office for Spending Evaluation

31/07/2023

Former Treasury minister David Gauke has called for a new Office for Spending Evaluation to prioritise ‘productive’ spending on public services.

Budget 2023: Hunt to boost mayors' financial autonomy

15/03/2023

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced the Government will ‘boost mayors’ financial autonomy’ in his Budget.

Centre has 'poor understanding' of what works on local growth, says NAO expert

16/05/2022

A large proportion of government spending is ‘not robustly evaluated’ and there is poor understanding by the centre about which approaches to local economic growth work best, says an expert from the National Audit Office.

LGA warning over soaring care costs

23/11/2021

Soaring adult and children’s care costs mean councils could ‘soon fail to support everyone they need to,’ town halls have warned.

Spending Review conceals local road cuts

29/10/2021

Road maintenance funding for councils not receiving settlements through combined authorities appears to be facing a cut of around £200m over three years following the Spending Review - more if you add inflation.

Budget 2021: Sunak unfreezes public sector pay

27/10/2021

Rishi Sunak has confirmed that the Government will unfreeze public sector pay and raise the national living wage.

Bonanza Budget claims councils have the largest rise in a decade

27/10/2021

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has unveiled a Budget and spending review he claimed will deliver the high skill, high wage economy promised at the Conservative Party Conference.

Budget 2021: More money for youth services and 'family hubs'

27/10/2021

A £560m cash injection for youth services and the funding of ‘family hubs’ in England to support children and parents have been confirmed in today’s Budget.

Budget 2021: Business rate reform delayed again

27/10/2021

Business rates reform is set to be delayed again when the chancellor unveils his Budget and spending review, as the Treasury grapples with its mammoth issues around public spending.

Council chiefs call for £875m investment in leisure facilities

25/10/2021

Local authority leaders have called on the Chancellor to invest millions into public sports and leisure facilities as part of the effort to tackle health inequalities.

What does local government hope to get from the Spending Review?

25/10/2021

From a a multi-year funding settlement to fixing the social care crisis, William Eichler explores what local government is hoping to hear on Wednesday.

Sunak urged to tackle backlogs in public services or face greater costs

19/10/2021

Chancellor Rishi Sunak must swiftly invest in public services hit hardest by the pandemic or face much greater costs down the line, a report has warned.

Think-tank makes call for wellbeing budgets

18/10/2021

The Government should introduce ‘wellbeing budgets’ that look beyond gross domestic product (GDP) to reduce regional health inequalities, a think-tank has urged.

Age UK warns 10% council tax hike would still not fix care

15/10/2021

Charity Age UK has warned council tax would need to go up by another 10% next year just to allow social care to ‘stand still’.

Lessons from Kerslake can help councils avoid surge in homelessness

13/10/2021

John Glenton calls on the Government to reinstate the £1.6bn ring-fenced budget for housing-related support

Councils warn housing waiting lists could double next year

13/10/2021

The number of people stuck on council housing waiting lists could double next year as COVID-related support schemes come to an end, a new report has said today.

Chancellor has ‘little or no scope’ to increase local government funding

12/10/2021

The Chancellor is going to struggle to find money for cash-strapped local authorities despite planning to implement the biggest tax rises in 25 years, think tank says.

Councils calls for extension of council tax support funding

11/10/2021

The Government has been urged to fund local council tax support schemes for the next three years to support families on low income.

Councils warn local road maintenance budgets face £400m cut

11/10/2021

Funding for local road maintenance has been cut by £400m this year, the Local Government Association (LGA) has warned.

Counties in council tax warning

07/10/2021

County leaders have warned council tax bills would have to rise by almost a quarter over three years to get close to eliminating their deficit.

Council tax could easily rise by 5% a year warn finance experts

06/10/2021

English councils will need billlions more from government and big tax rises to maintain services and pay for social care reforms, says new analysis published today by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS).

A million extra health and social care staff needed in the next 10 years, says report

01/10/2021

More than 600,000 extra social care staff are needed in the next decade to meet the growing demand for care, according to new research.

Local services will face £8bn funding blackhole by 2024, councils warn

01/10/2021

Council tax will have to rise by more than a quarter in the next three years to cover the shortfall in funding for local services, the Local Government Association (LGA) has warned today.

Union calls for reversal of pay cuts to give economy £3.3bn boost

24/09/2021

The TUC has called on the Chancellor to reverse public sector pay cuts in the spending review as a means of supporting the post-pandemic recovery.

Calls for more funding as child abuse increases

20/08/2021

Incidents involving death or serious harm to a child have risen in the past year, leading to calls for further funding.

Research finds long-lasting benefits from Sure Start

16/08/2021

Sure Start centres prevented thousands of children from being hospitalised and cut health inequalities, according to new research.

Chancellor facing 'difficult' spending review

21/07/2021

Public services could face a £17bn funding cut in the spending review, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has warned.

Babies’ needs overlooked in COVID response

19/01/2021

A generation of babies risks being damaged by the fall-out from the pandemic without a concerted effort from local support systems to improve outcomes, says a new report.

Spending Review: 'Risk all sits on local government'

26/11/2020

The Spending Review failed to tackle key issues such as reforms to local government funding, sector experts have warned.

Spending Review: Sunak recycles money for green transport

25/11/2020

The chancellor has used the Spending Review to confirm billions of pounds for public transport, low emission vehicles and active travel, including adding more detail to Boris Johnson’s recent ‘Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution’.

Sunak unveils a Spending Review for jobs, public services and infrastructure

25/11/2020

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has unveiled a £4bn levelling up fund as part of a Spending Review which he claimed offered ‘huge investment’ in jobs, public services and infrastructure.

Spending Review: UKSPF to reach £1.5bn a year

25/11/2020

The value of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) will reach around £1.5bn a year on average, chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced.

Spending Review: Public sector pay increase for low earners

25/11/2020

Public sector worker wage increases will be limited to the lowest paid, the chancellor has announced this afternoon.

Spending Review: Infrastructure gets pride of place

25/11/2020

The chancellor Rishi Sunak used to the 2020 Spending Review to launch a new strategy for UK infrastructure, supported by an infrastructure bank and a place-based 'levelling up' fund.

Spending Review: £2.9bn 'restart programme to help unemployed'

25/11/2020

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced a three-year £2.9bn ‘restart programme’ to help more than one million people unemployed for more than a year find work.

Spending Review: NHS receives £3bn funding boost

25/11/2020

The chancellor has announced £18bn will be spent on preventative coronavirus measures next year, including vaccines, testing and PPE.

Think tank calls for £164bn stimulus in spending review

23/11/2020

The UK’s economy needs a £164bn cash injection to restart it fully after the COVID-19 crisis, a think tank has said.

London boroughs face £600m adult social care shortfall by 2025

23/11/2020

Local authorities in London have called on the Government to ensure adult social care receives the same funding increases as the NHS in the upcoming spending review.

Over half of councils face financial failure without spending review funding increase

23/11/2020

Half of English councils will be at risk of financial failure if the spending review just provides a ‘rollover’ of funding levels from this year for 2021/22, new analysis has warned today.

Sunak to re-write Green Book to level up the North

23/11/2020

Chancellor Rishi Sunak is expected to announce plans to re-write the Green Book in the spending review this week, as part of the Government’s commitment to levelling up.

Local services need funding to support elderly impacted by COVID-19, council chiefs say

19/11/2020

Council chiefs call on Government to use Spending Review to ensure council-run services are able to look after elderly residents impacted by COVID-19.

MPs launch inquiry into local government finance

27/10/2020

An inquiry examining what approach Whitehall should take to funding local government as part of upcoming spending review has been launched by MPs.

Coronavirus leads to scrapping of three-year Spending Review

21/10/2020

Plans to create a three-year settlement for public spending have been abandoned as latest figures show the havoc coronavirus is wreaking on the public finances.

Streamline local government under plans to save £30bn a year, think tank argues

21/10/2020

Streamlining local government and selling off high-value council properties could save billions every year, according to a think tank.

Coastal areas call for £1bn to decarbonise the maritime sector

09/10/2020

Local coastal leaders have called on the chancellor to invest £1bn to completely decarbonise the maritime sector.

Fragmented council funding risks to value for money, report warns

05/10/2020

The increasing fragmentation in council funding ‘undermines central government’s understanding of service delivery’ and ‘risks impeding value for money,’ a report has warned.

Councils key to levelling up agenda, says report

02/10/2020

Local government must have adequate funding to level-up deprived English towns, according to new research.

Government launches Spending Review

21/07/2020

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has warned of ‘tough choices’ as he launched the Comprehensive Spending Review.

Council planning powers under threat

08/06/2020

Planning powers could be shifted from local authorities to development corporations as part of an economic stimulus package to be announced by Prime Minister Boris Johnson later this month.

Fair Funding Review delayed until next year

05/09/2019

The Fair Funding Review and 75% business rate retention will be delayed until 2020-21.

Spending Round 2019: Chancellor pledges £1.5bn 'down payment' for social care

04/09/2019

Councils will have access to £1.5bn of new funding for social care next year, the chancellor has announced.

Spending Round 19: Javid promises an 'infrastructure revolution'

04/09/2019

Chancellor Sajid Javid used his first Sending Round to call for an 'infrastructure revolution' and promise a national strategy by 'the autumn'.

Spending Round 19: Schools receive £7.1bn funding boost

04/09/2019

School spending will increase by £7.1bn by 2022-23, the chancellor confirmed today.

Chancellor needs an extra £5bn to cover spending promises, says IFS

03/09/2019

The chancellor will need to find an extra £5bn of spending next year to meet the government's recent pledges, the Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS) has warned.

Javid confirms date of ‘fast-tracked’ Spending Round

28/08/2019

Chancellor Sajid Javid has confirmed the date of the fast-tracked Spending Round announced earlier this month.

Councils face more funding uncertainty

14/08/2019

‘Indicative numbers’ for the amount councils will receive in 2020/21 will not be published before next month’s Spending Review, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has admitted after it missed a self-imposed deadline.

Chancellor announces fast-tracked Spending Review

09/08/2019

The Government will rush through a one-year Spending Round to help prepare for Brexit.

Counties publish five-point plan for local government

26/07/2019

Councils need an emergency cash injection targeted at areas most in need, the County Councils Network (CCN) has said today.

Financial risk for children's services across London is 'unsustainable'

22/07/2019

Children’s services across London are facing an unsustainable level of financial risk, a new report commissioned by London Councils has warned.

EXCLUSIVE: Victory on variation

26/06/2019

The Treasury’s view of children’s services has been dealt a further blow after research linked 70% of spend variation to factors outside councils’ control.

Councils' role in asylum system to be bolstered

23/04/2019

Plans are being drawn up that will give councils more of a say in where asylum seekers are accommodated.

Concern over councils' ability to cope with polls

17/04/2019

Council chiefs have raised concerns with Government about the sector’s capacity to run EU elections so close on the heels of local polls.

Austerity 'could end at the Spending Review'

11/04/2019

There is a ‘genuine chance’ austerity will end at the Spending Review, according to upbeat director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, Paul Johnson.

Spring Statement 2019: Chancellor pledges three-year spending review

13/03/2019

Chancellor Philip Hammond has pledged a ‘full three-year spending review’ for local government before the summer recess.

MPs launch inquiry into local government finance

06/03/2019

A new inquiry into local government finance will take place ahead of this year's Spending Review.

Spending review: Councils braced for further austerity

01/03/2019

Councils are under financial pressure as never before and will need all the optimism they can muster to deal with it, says Mark Whitehead.

MHCLG to make 'compelling case' for more funding

13/02/2019

Local government minister Rishi Sunak has vowed that his department will ‘make a compelling case’ for more funding ahead of this year’s Spending Review.

Spending Review ‘make or break’ for cash-strapped councils

11/02/2019

Local government leaders have warned the Chancellor that the upcoming Spending Review will ‘make or break’ over-stretched council services.

Public health progress put at risk by cuts

27/11/2018

The Government must restore councils’ public health grants because of their important role in the urgent task of improving public health, according to a report from leading health think tank, The King’s Fund.

MHCLG ‘not expecting another Northamptonshire situation’

26/11/2018

Local government finances are sustainable and the collapse of another authority is not expected, the ministry’s top civil servant has insisted.

Cash boost for councils only a ‘sticking plaster’

30/10/2018

Council are turning their attention to next year’s Spending Review amid warnings that yesterday’s Budget announcements failed to provide long-term stability for the sector.

Neighbourhood services a 'serious concern', report warns

12/10/2018

A new report has highlighted 'serious concerns' over the future quality of neighbourhood services and adult social care unless councils receive adequate funding in the next spending review.

LEPs told to improve ahead of EU funding changes

06/09/2018

Fresh concerns have emerged about local enterprise partnerships (LEP) as the Government considers whether to use them to funnel UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) cash.

Stop trying to explain away poor performance

02/08/2018

The sector needs to be more open and honest about poor performance, writes Abdool Kara.

Northamptonshire CC issues second emergency spending ban

24/07/2018

Troubled Northamptonshire CC has issued a second Section 114 notice in a bid to regain control of its ‘truly perilous’ finances.

Whitehall accused of ‘complacency’ over financial future of local government

04/07/2018

MPs have blasted the Government for being ‘complacent’ about the financial future of local authorities.

Counties call for pre-spending review cash injection

27/06/2018

Nearly one in five county council leaders are ‘not confident’ they can deliver a balanced budget nest year without extra funding, a new survey has revealed.

London boroughs ‘hard hit’ by austerity, think tank says

09/05/2018

London’s boroughs have been ‘hard hit’ by Government cuts, a new analysis shows, with council spending in the capital falling by nearly a fifth in seven years.

Scottish parliamentary committee to review council spending

14/09/2017

A review of how local authorities in Scotland prioritise spending and assess the impact of increased charges was launched today by the Scottish parliament.

Whitehall lacks ‘coherent framework’ for enacting long-term policy, NAO says

21/07/2016

The Government has no 'coherent framework' for implementing decisions made in the spending review, auditors say.

Views from the top on the digital revolution

27/06/2016

Mark Whitehead reports from a round table discussion at London’s BT Tower in which council leaders and technology experts exchanged views and ideas on the digital revolution.

When the going gets tough, the tough get innovating

24/06/2016

Bob Quin argues that austerity could become the mother of invention for local government.

‘Vindictive’ Tory cuts hit Labour authorities hardest

08/04/2016

Spending cuts to less affluent Labour councils are five times higher than in wealthier Tory areas, according to new research.

The truth about transformation

13/01/2016

Michael White explains how to drive the IT costs down, while continuing to deliver excellent services.

Poorest in Scotland face 'double whammy' of cuts warns think tank

16/12/2015

Those claiming benefits in Scotland are facing a cut of over £800 per year following last month's spending review, new analysis has revealed.

Think tank warns future is 'bleak' for adult social care services

14/12/2015

Councils that rely most on unpaid carers will be able to raise the least from the social care council tax precept, new research is warning.

New beginnings

04/12/2015

This Spending Review was not just about public finances. It was an opportunity for the chancellor to set out his vision for the state over the rest of the decade, writes Dr Jonathan Carr-West.

Home delivery – The Spending Review and housing

02/12/2015

Bob Pritchard considers how the intervention of metro mayors in the planning system may help unlock stalled developments.

Clark stresses spending review was 'good result' for local government

01/12/2015

The spending review was a 'very good result for local government', according to communities secretary Greg Clark.

Spending Review: Digital, digital, digital

30/11/2015

With the word 'digital' being mentioned 58 times in the spending review document, Phil Gibson explores how technology can help local government deliver services in new ways.

Driving the devolution revolution

27/11/2015

Tiffany Cloynes outlines some of the pertinent housing points raised in this week's spending review.

Government cuts set to hit ‘poor working families’

27/11/2015

Low-income working households on Universal Credit will lose £1,300, according to the Resolution Foundation.

Spending Review: Chancellor's social care plans met with scepticism

26/11/2015

The chancellor's announcement yesterday that councils will be able to levy a 2% social care precept on tax to cover social care costs and access an extra £1.5bn to pool budgets has been met with scepticism.

Spending Review: Warning that councils at financial tipping point

26/11/2015

Non-statutory council services are ‘seriously at risk’ from being axed, the local government sector has warned following yesterday’s spending review.

Spending Review: Osborne pushes councils to ‘draw on reserves’

25/11/2015

George Osborne has urged councils to ‘draw on reserves’ to improve local services, while gifting greater freedom over asset sales.

Spending Review: Osborne accused of 'dodgy arithmetic'

25/11/2015

Chancellor George Osborne’s Spending Review introduced of a 2% precept on council tax for social care, an increase in house building and further cash for infrastructure.

Spending Review: Osborne to phase out council-run schools

25/11/2015

Local authority-run schools will be a ‘thing of the past’, the chancellor announced in his spending review today.

Spending Review: Councils promised package of new powers

25/11/2015

Chancellor George Osborne has recommitted to a ‘devolution revolution’ in today’s Spending Review though he failed to announce any further deals.

Spending Review: Osborne U-turns on controversial tax credit cuts

25/11/2015

George Osborne has made a complete U-turn on planned tax-credit cuts, but vowed he would still deliver £12bn reductions to welfare spending.

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