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The case for a budget-setting collective

Michael Hudson looks ahead at planning for 2024-25 budget-setting, and he says we need to do this as a collective and collaborative sector 'working with DLUHC to promote to them and other Government departments how we are leaders of place'.

By Michael Hudson | 01 February 2023

As we set our budgets and council tax, my thoughts turn to 2024-25 and beyond.

The additional money for local government was welcome for 2023-24, and the policy statement the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) issued just before the provisional settlement gave some steer for 2024-25, but there is still a degree of uncertainty.

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Popular articles by Michael Hudson

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