Crushing, from @TheIFS on the Government approach to local government. Unfair and out of date formula.
Local Government not getting a mention in Johnson’s speech - despite having to deliver it.
No levelling up in practice.
Local Government not getting a mention in Johnson’s speech - despite having to deliver it.
No levelling up in practice.
https://twitter.com/pjtheeconomist/status/1447520490415865865
“Future challenges may be less about adapting to Covid, though, than coming to terms with the last decade, a decade during which councils’ spending per person on services has been cut by a quarter.
That’s worth repeating.”
That’s worth repeating.”
“ Local authority spending per person has fallen by 25 per cent since 2010. There have been sweeping cuts to planning, economic development and leisure services.”
“In stark contrast to the prime minister’s ambitions for “levelling up” councils in the poorest areas, the metropolitan boroughs and the north have suffered much sharper cuts in funding than the leafy parts of the home counties.”
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