LGA statement on IFS Spending Review warning

Sunday, 1 June 2025 00:01

Responding to the report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies on the risk to ‘unprotected' government departments in the Spending Review, Cllr Pete Marland, Chair of the Local Government Association's Economy and Resources Board, said:  “Councils in England face a funding gap of up to £8 billion by 2028/29 and have already had to make huge savings and efficiencies over the past decade. “They desperately-need a significant and sustained increase in overall...Request free trial