Articles by Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton
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...
The fight against unfair cuts must continue
By Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton | 11 July 2023
The upcoming election offers a fantastic opportunity to get debates around local government fundi...
Budget 2023: The austerity elephant
By Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton | 17 March 2023
Forced cutbacks and savings from councils over the next few years risk outweighing the new regene...
The success of Labour's 5 Missions will depend on councils being properly funded
By Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton | 01 March 2023
As the Labour Party begins to release more information on how its 5 Missions are to be achieved, ...
Making the case for leisure centres
By Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton | 25 January 2023
Joining the dots between funding cuts and the impact on life expectancy has not been hard, says C...
Councils deserve better from the Government
By Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton | 22 December 2022
The provisional financial settlement fails to offer any real Christmas cheer for local authoritie...
How Gove can resurrect 'levelling up'
By Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton | 31 October 2022
Chair of the Special Interest Group of Municipal Authorities (SIGOMA) Cllr Stephen Houghton has t...
More grant funding, not devolved tax powers, will support levelling up
By Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton | 31 August 2022
Sir Stephen Houghton says fiscal devolution is not a ‘levelling up’ silver bullet – and a new ref...
Deprivation should be the cornerstone of council funding
By Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton | 21 July 2022
The Fair Funding Review presents a huge opportunity to get ‘levelling up’ back on track, says Cll...
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