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Uncertainty, confusing decisions and big impacts: s151 and finance expert reaction to the policy statement

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Local government finance teams are working through the implications of the government’s funding policy paper – and while some authority types are likely to fare much better than others there is an overall sense of frustration that allocations will not be published until late December.

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Lorna Baxter, deputy chief executive and executive director of resources (section 151 officer) at Oxfordshire County Council, and Association of Local Authority Treasurers’ Societies

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