Articles by David Phillips
Money for something
By David Phillips | 11 September 2019
The Spending Round announcement last week seems a positive move for the sector on the face of it,...
Grabbing a larger slice of the cake
By David Phillips | 02 July 2019
On paper, cash-strapped councils face many options for raising revenue. As they await the Spendin...
Is a 'fair' funding system in reach?
By David Phillips | 21 August 2018
We may never agree on what ‘fair’ funding is but the opportunity of a more transparent system is ...
A bigger picture for financial reform
By David Phillips | 18 July 2018
Local government finance reform is not a purely technical exercise. It asks big questions about t...
Placing faith in the pilots
By Neil Amin-Smith | 17 April 2018
From this month, a second wave of pilots have started 100% rates retention. Neil Amin-Smith and ...
IFS: How views of local government finance vary across councils
By David Phillips | 13 September 2017
David Phillips looks analyses the results of the IFS's latest business rates report.
Where next for local government financial reform?
By David Phillips | 26 June 2017
With the falling of the Local Government Finance Bill, the IFS's David Phillips assesses where th...
How business rate reforms will hit councils
By David Phillips | 08 March 2017
David Phillips examines the drawbacks of proposed reforms to the business rates system
Planning for the rates revolution
By David Phillips | 26 October 2016
The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) today launched the first of a series of studies into local...
Solution for the revolution
By David Phillips | 12 January 2016
Ongoing changes to the way councils in England are funded are genuinely revolutionary. They bring...
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