Central government funding to councils will fall by ?around 26% over the next four years?, the spending review has confirmed.
Alex Thomson said Tax Increment Financing which would allow local authorities to borrow against predicted growth in business rates to fund capital projects was not a cure for all ills.
So-called “community budget” arrangements, which will allow councils to pool budgets, will be rolled out in 16 areas from next year, the chancellor has announced in his spending review.
Council chiefs have made a last ditch plea for inspection to be slashed following research revealing some 74,000 pages of rules and instructions have been foisted on local government from Westminster in the past decade.
Following the Localis event ‘Total Place or Total Waste?’ at the Conservative Party Conference, Bob Neill spoke with Alex Thomson about some of the issues raised during the discussion
Discusses the potential of Social Impact Bonds, which aim to attract private investment to fund solutions to previously intractable social problems
Birmingham City Council’s community-led early intervention programmes show local authorities how to deliver cheaper and ?radically better? services, according to thinktank Localis.
Community led early intervention programmes supported by government funding could transform our neighbourhoods and provide solutions to key social challenges argues a new report from Localis.
Communities and local government minister Greg Clark spoke of the importance of localism in a world where politics was becoming increasingly personal. Clark also spoke of the vital role of volunteers and the need for community engagement.
Government’s Big Society adviser Lord Wei reveals that community-based budgeting is being piloted in four council areas