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Partial adult social care write-offs would ease funding crisis: Solace president
Councils driven to the brink of insolvency by the mounting cost of adult social care should be eligible for partial write-offs similar to those used to eliminate high-needs deficits, outgoing Solace president Robin Tuddenham has suggested.
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LGR clarity for five areas – but turmoil churns on elsewhere
Local government reorganisation (LGR) is to go ahead as planned in five areas – but ministerial proposals have been withdrawn in nine other parts of the country where “all options” are to remain on the table.
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UK Venture: a global leader in the heart of Europe
Ross Morrison, partner, primary investments at Adams Street Partners, on the UK venture market and the big opportunity for LGPS investors.
Funding
Budget: ‘give councils the fiscal tools they need to address challenges’
Fiscal devolution should be a tool to allow councils to tackle financial pressures without having to go “cap in hand” to government, according to Luke Hillan, associate director of local government finance and devolution at London Councils.
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