Dan Bates: assessing the 2025/26-2028/29 local government finance settlement

The settlement may be fairer overall by government measures – but questions about the process to get there, openness and validity of decisions, and data used remain, says Room151’s head of research Dan Bates.

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The provisional local government finance settlement, announced just before Christmas, is the first full assessment of needs and resources since 2013/14, following a fair

Dan Bates: assessing the 2025/26-2028/29 local government finance settlement

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