PFI exit – the seven-year itch
There are around 200 PFI contracts currently managed by local authorities in England, and a good number of these will be within seven years of completion. Amardeep Gill and Lucy[…]
Social care
Time to pause adult social care proposals
Proposed government reforms to adult social care will place huge additional burdens on local authorities with significantly increased costs. Leigh Whitehouse discusses the forecast impact at Surrey County Council and[…]
Fairer funding – will the wait be worth it?
Chris Buss says that any review of local government finance must address social care, business rates and council tax, but the danger is that these are just too difficult to[…]
Spring Statement: local government’s levy lottery
Richard Harbord is reassured that the chancellor has a plan, though a little concerned that Rishi Sunak didn’t have one before today’s Spring Statement and that he retains faith in[…]
