Articles by Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton
All eyes on the Budget
By Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton | 17 October 2024
The hope is that the Budget may finally mark the beginning of some certainty for local government...
Local leadership is the solution
By Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton | 04 October 2024
Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton says local government stand ready to rebuild public services, deliverin...
How to fix local government finance
By Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton | 05 August 2024
Existing funding needs to be distributed more fairly, and stability must be returned to the syste...
The next government will have to fix the broken finance system
By Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton | 28 June 2024
The manifestos contained a welcome agreement on multi-year settlements, but big questions remain ...
Vicious cycle curbs prevention
By Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton | 20 May 2024
The significant variation across the country in the rates of children in care highlights the impo...
Budget leaves councils in peril
By Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton | 08 March 2024
Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton says many will highlight that cuts in local government spending mean th...
The impact of ending the Household Support Fund would be disastrous
By Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton | 28 February 2024
The Household Support Fund is a crucial way for councils to help residents with the costs of livi...
Cuts put hard squeeze on most deprived councils
By Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton | 27 February 2024
New analysis reveals upper tier local authorities in the most deprived decile have seen a real-te...
High quality properly funded services must underpin levelling up
By Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton | 30 October 2023
Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton says local government funding needs a reset of business rates growth, a...
Funding formulas are back in the news
By Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton | 11 September 2023
Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton says small steps can be taken to begin to fix a broken system of counci...
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