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Chiefs lobby for extra grant freedom

Council chief executives are lobbying for greater freedom on when to spend the extra £42m in Disabled Facilities Grant.

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By Dan Peters | 29 November 2017

Council chief executives are lobbying for greater freedom on when to spend the extra £42m in Disabled Facilities Grant.

An email from the Department of Health (DoH), seen by The MJ, admitted that the additional funding for 2017/18 ‘comes late in the financial year'.

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