COUNTY COUNCILS' NETWORK

Change will be necessary to fix a broken funding system

Compromises along the way will be needed if the sector is to secure the implementation of the fair funding review, says Simon Edwards.

The latest consultation on the fair funding review has generated much debate over the last few weeks.

Casting our mind back two years, everyone in the sector agreed that the current system was complex, opaque and outdated. It was broadly accepted that any new system must be built on reducing this complexity and distributing funding according to a small number of formulae and key cost drivers.

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