The chair of the Special Interest Group of Metropolitan Authorities (SIGOMA) has written to James Brokenshire complaining about ‘grossly unfair’ and ‘illogical’ proposed changes to the fair funding formula.
Sir Stephen Houghton said in the letter to the local government secretary that the removal of ‘deprivation’ from the proposed new foundation formula was unacceptable.
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