Richard Harbord: a bumper week for local government finance

Experienced chief executive and section 151 officer Richard Harbord assesses the potential impact of the Fair Funding Review and earlier Spending Review on local government finances.

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It has been a bumper week for local government finance. We started with the public sector Spending Review, which is essentially about departmental budgets

Richard Harbord: a bumper week for local government finance

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