Co-designing a truly sustainable finance system for councils for the long-term ‘won’t be quick and it won’t be easy’, says Martin Reeves. A few more years of ‘make do and mend’ will not work for our communities and economies, he adds.
There can be very few who would argue against the assertion that local government's finances are in dire straits. The situation was precarious pre-pandemic; now it's perilous.
The issue is not just about short-term sufficiency – although that is a big part of the problem; it's about long-term sustainability too.
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