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English councils’ financial distress – how bad is it really?

Mike Woods, LGIU associate

  • 4th March 2024
  • England & Wales
  • 15 mins read

This briefing examines the fragility of local government finances in the context of the DLUHC Select Committee report, Financial distress in local authorities, and the LGIU’s survey report The State of Local Government Finance in England 2024.

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