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EFS
EFS: ‘if we’ve done everything we can and we’re still not making ends meet, there’s something wrong with the system’
7 September 2026
7 September 2026
by
Kerry Lorimer
EFS
EFS disguising depletion of council reserves
12 August 2025
12 August 2025
by
Aysha Gilmore
EFS
Anisa Darr questions EFS viability and whether government is ‘shuffling deckchairs’ while councils go under
20 June 2025
20 June 2025
by
Aysha Gilmore
EFS
Cheshire East confident EFS will be short-term bridge to longer-term financial sustainability
27 May 2025
27 May 2025
by
Jason Holland
EFS
EFS is ‘bad government’ and reorganisation is a ‘distraction’, parliamentary committee hears
3 April 2025
3 April 2025
by
Jason Holland
EFS
After EFS: Worcestershire s151 Phil Rook on the uncertain road to financial resilience
1 April 2025
1 April 2025
by
Jason Holland
EFS
Council funding crisis deepens as 30 authorities granted EFS
24 February 2025
24 February 2025
by
Aysha Gilmore
EFS
Exceptional financial support: where does it end?
31 January 2025
31 January 2025
by
Jason Holland
EFS
Exceptional financial support no longer ‘exceptional’ – with policy reform the ‘only way out’: Owen Mapley
15 January 2025
15 January 2025
by
Jason Holland
EFS
Newham seeks EFS to stave off section 114 – but says only funding reform will prevent ‘exceptional becoming normal’
15 October 2024
15 October 2024
by
Jason Holland
MOTB: the ‘jaws of doom’ are closing on local government
30 September 2024
30 September 2024
by
Aysha Gilmore
‘Bleak’ outlook for London boroughs with housing crisis threatening to ‘break budgets’
12 September 2024
12 September 2024
by
Jason Holland
Nottingham looks to sell off property assets to help repay EFS
10 September 2024
10 September 2024
by
Aysha Gilmore
Thurrock requires £26.5m more in borrowing to balance budget
19 July 2024
19 July 2024
by
Jason Holland
Slough needs ‘immediate’ action to address forecast overspend as asset sales fall well short
13 June 2024
13 June 2024
by
Jason Holland
Windsor and Maidenhead seeks financial support to relieve ‘untenable’ short-term position
23 May 2024
23 May 2024
by
Jason Holland
Nottingham has much to do to bridge £172m budget gap, says departing improvement board
16 May 2024
16 May 2024
by
Jason Holland
Lambeth’s exceptional financial support request granted by government
16 May 2024
16 May 2024
by
Jason Holland
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