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Call a halt to fiscal gerrymandering, says SIGOMA

Council finances have been skewed by the Government directing more cash towards wealthier authorities, a coalition of urban councils has claimed. 

Council finances have been skewed by the Government directing more cash towards wealthier authorities, a coalition of urban councils has claimed. 

SIGOMA is calling on the Government to drop plans to allocate £153m to some of the country's wealthiest authorities in this year's Local Government Finance Settlement through the negative revenue support grant.

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