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Kerry Lorimer

Council tax hikes in six areas given go-ahead as funding falls

Council Tax

Provisional finance settlement: £78bn for English councils in 2026/27 but SEND uncertainty remains

Policy

Whole of Government Accounts set to be disclaimed again

Accounts

Integrated settlements: ‘we’ve not reached the destination yet’

Integrated Settlements

Barnet seeks £88m in EFS to fight tide

Barnet

Cash-strapped councils could go ‘back to basics’: HCLG Committee chair

Policy

Simon Kaye interview: fiscal devolution hampered by lack of local consensus

Devolution

SEND funding pledge not ‘open season’ for councils, says MHCLG’s Heslop

SEND

SEND funding commitment ‘could delay long-term investment’

SEND

North Somerset reserves warning with pressures ‘almost impossible to manage’

Finances

Mayors urged to break down silos with £13bn funding package

Devolution

Birmingham still ‘financially fragile’, say commissioners

Birmingham

Local authority borrowing forecast soars to £16bn

Borrowing

Split of tourist tax revenues ‘should be set centrally’ 

Devolution

Accountability fears over new mansion tax

Council Tax

Average funding increases of 2.7% for Welsh councils

Funding

High-needs deficit ‘increasingly untenable’ as SEND reform delay bites

SEND

Government responds to fair funding consultation

Policy
Devolution

Scotland

Funding

Funding