Call for MPs' help over ‘inadequate’ settlement

By Martin Ford | 18 December 2023

Councils are to turn to MPs to make the case to the Government following the announcement of an ‘inadequate’ £64bn finance settlement.

Finance spokesperson for the County Councils Network (CCN), Barry Lewis, said they had held ‘several meetings’ with ministers to make the case for emergency funding  over recent days, but to no avail.

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