After 14 years of Tory austerity and cuts, councils like ours are facing real difficulties. The Local Government Association notes that, in the next two years, one in four councils expect to apply for emergency government bailout agreements to avoid bankruptcy. I asked the Department for Housing, Levelling Up and Communities to update the funding formulas for local government and deliver emergency funding to ensure local councils are adequately resourced.
Raising the Local Government Funding Crisis
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