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Guy Ware: Ten years on — a journey from crash to local government finance

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It's a decade since the financial crisis. In that time tax revenues have gone up while money for spending on local government has shrunk.

Paul Guilliotti, director of Financial Services, Richmond and Wandsworth Councils argues that current high funding levels should be approached with caution as marginal changes to discount rates can potentially have a significant impact.

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