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Exceptional financial support: where does it end?

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With more 2025/26 draft budgets being presented at council meetings by the day, one theme is emerging. Exceptional financial support (EFS).

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Last year, 19 local authorities requested government help to balance their 2024/25 budgets. This year, some industry insiders fear that figure could double –

Room151 uncovers an ‘unusual’ legal process and changing dynamics in the political landscape that once again leave s151s picking up the financial pieces.

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