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Counting the pennies to 2020

Every local authority is now considering the complex implications of planning for the abolition of the Revenue Support Grant in 2020. Cllr Ian Parry describes Staffordshire CC’s innovative approach.

 

The teasing prospect of business rates being retained locally is still to be clarified, while other income streams such as the New Homes Bonus (NHB) are also under consideration as part of the biggest shake-up in local government finance for a generation.

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