The 151er podcast episode 3 - no small accounts

In this month’s episode, Dan Bates, Room151’s head of research, breaks down his latest analysis of the 2024/25 local authority draft accounts.

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While many district councils’ positions appear to have held steady or improved, the financial health of upper-tier authorities, metropolitans and London boroughs has markedly

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