Spending Review 2020
The Chancellor’s statement offered councils some short-term financial certainty, but no long-term solutions to chronic problems such as adult social care.
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Time to look ahead
Perhaps it was inevitable that this year’s government review of public spending would get downgraded from a comprehensive, three-year plan to the one-year Spending Review Chancellor Rishi Sunak delivered last month.
Spending Review: cash pressures remain
Amid gloomy economic forecasts, the Chancellor Rishi Sunak unveiled his Spending Review, which he said aimed to “protect the public services most affected by coronavirus”.
What was missing in the Spending Review
At the start of this crisis, everybody in local government heard the same message from the Chancellor – that councils should do “whatever it takes” to tackle coronavirus.
Spending Review falls short
Our Independent Group members have been very clear on what is needed from the Spending Review, starting with certainty. Thus, the Chancellor’s statement covering only one year falls short.
£3.5bn boost for council services
The Government has announced a funding package of more than £3.5 billion for local services in 2020/21, as part of a one-year Spending Round.
Spending Round delivers certainty
The Chancellor’s Spending Round has provided councils with much of the certainty they need about how they will be funded next year – as well as £3.5 billion for our vital local services.
Spending Round 2019
The Chancellor has set out a £3.5 billion funding package for councils, covering cost and demand pressures in the coming financial year.
Government ‘must prioritise’ council funding
A decade of funding cuts has left council services at breaking point and the social care system on the verge of collapse, MPs have warned.
One-year Spending Round announced
The Government has confirmed that a full three-year Spending Review will be delayed until 2020, with a one-year ‘fast track’ Spending Round to be completed in September.