There is no quick fix

By Martin Ford | 06 March 2024

The announcement of £2.5bn of ‘exceptional financial support’ for councils will fail to fix local government’s finances, a senior sector figure has said.

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities officials last week announced 19 capitalisation directions had been agreed ‘in principle’.

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