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Can technology help secure the future for local authorities?

Following the annual Local State We're In survey, PwC's Jonathan House says councils face a tougher test than ever, but remain optimistic.

The financial sustainability of councils is under real strain. As a recent National Audit Office (NAO) report highlights, councils face continuing acute pressures.

There has been a near halving in real terms of central government funding between 2010/11 and 2017/18 and a real-term reduction of nearly a third (28.6%) in local authority spending power over the same period (when including council tax).

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