Budget: ‘give councils the fiscal tools they need to address challenges’

27 October 2026 by Kerry Lorimer

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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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Alongside tomorrow’s Budget, the government is expected to reveal further details of its fiscal devolution roadmap, a major plank in its plans to shift

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