FINANCE

The last throw of the dice

As the Independent Commission on Local Government Finance publishes its interim report, chair of the Commission Darra Singh, tells Heather Jameson we are at a crucial turning point for local authority funding

‘This is the last throw of the dice on why reform is needed,' says Darra Singh, chair of the Independent Local Government Finance Commission as he launches the commission's interim report.

Despite a raft of reports over the years and a growing recognition that the way local government is funded is ‘broken', he believes we are now at a turning point for changing the finance system. It is now or never.

Heather Jameson

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