£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.
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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.