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EXCLUSIVE: Council chiefs told settlement will be 19 December

Council chiefs have been told by Whitehall officials they may have to wait until less than a week before Christmas to receive the finance settlement, The MJ has learnt.

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government offices in Marsham Street © www.gov.uk

Council chiefs have been told by Whitehall officials they may have to wait until less than a week before Christmas to receive the finance settlement, The MJ has learnt.

The 19 December date – the day the House of Commons starts its Christmas break – comes despite the 2018 Hudson review into how the Government oversees the sector's finances recommending 5 December for the provisional settlement.

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