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London Councils' Briefing on the Spring Budget 2024
This briefing updates members on key details in the Spring Budget (announced on Wednesday 6th March) and London Councils' response
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Commentary on the 2024-25 Provisional Local Government Finance Settlement
This briefing updates members on key details in the Provisional Local Government Settlement (announced on Monday 18 December) and London Councils' response
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London Councils’ briefing on the 2023 Autumn Statement
The Autumn Statement sets out the government’s spending plans and departmental budgets. This briefing provides an overview of the recent funding announcement and London Councils’ initial response.
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Autumn Statement 2023 London Councils’ Key Priorities
London Councils' key priorities for the Autumn Statement 2023
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Member Briefing: Spring Budget 2023
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, delivered his first Budget on 15th March 2023. This announcement outlined a set of measures aimed at maintaining progress on the Prime Minister’s key priorities of halving inflation, reducing debt, and stimulating economic growth. Alongside this fiscal event, the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) published its economic and fiscal forecasts. The key policy announcements relating to public spending and local government are summarised below:
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Adult social care funding announcements
On Monday 9 January, the government announced an extra £200 million funding for hospital discharge, the latest of several recent updates from the government relating to adult social care (ASC) funding.
These wider announcements in recent months include:
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Provisional Local Government Financial Settlement 2023-24
Introduction
The provisional 2023-24 Local Government Finance Settlement was published on 19 December 2022 following a Written Ministerial Statement by the Rt Hon Michael Gove MP, Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC). It outlines provisional funding allocations for local authorities for 2023-24. Full details can be found on the DLUHC website1. This briefing provides a summary of the outcome for London local government.
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Autumn Statement and Local Government Funding
Introduction
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, delivered his first Autumn Statement on 17th November 2022. As well as the usual updates on the state of public finances and the performance of the economy (in the context of challenging global conditions), the Chancellor also set out the broad policy direction in three key areas: economic stability, economic growth and public services. The key policy announcements relating to public spending and local government are summarised below:
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ASC charging reform - consultation response by London Councils.
Read our response to the Government's consultation on adult social care charging reform: distribution of funding 2023 to 2024.
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Homelessness Prevention Grant 2023/24 onwards: technical consultation - consultation response by London Councils
Read our resposne to the Government’s consultation on the Homelessness Prevention Grant (HPG) 2023-24.
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Member Briefing: The Mini-Budget 2022
The Government’s Growth Plan – widely referred to as a “Mini-Budget” - published on 23 September 2022 included a suite of measures to tackle the energy and cost of living crises and set out a series of policy announcements designed to stimulate economic growth. This briefing provides an overview of the policy announcements and the implications for London local government.
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September Budget 2022 London Councils’ Key Priorities
It is vital that the forthcoming emergency Budget supports London’s residents and businesses through the challenging period ahead. London boroughs will work in partnership with the new Government, the GLA, business and voluntary sector partners to support residents, promote London’s contribution to the wider economy and continue the delivery of vital services to millions of Londoners. We urge the Government to ensure London boroughs are equipped with the funding and powers to be able to do so.
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2021 Census First Data Release
The Census is incredibly important for central and local government both to inform policy makers and to plan the delivery of public services. As well as underpinning the population estimates the Census provides unequalled detail on population characteristics, helping authorities tailor services to reflect the needs of residents.
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The Provisional 2022-23 Local Government Finance Settlement
The provisional 2022-23 Local Government Finance Settlement was published on 16 December 2021 following a Written Ministerial Statement by the Rt Hon Michael Gove MP, Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC). It outlines provisional funding allocations for local authorities for 2022-23. This briefing provides a summary of the outcome for London local government.
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Business Rates Update
This briefing updates on government reforms to business rates and on planned reforms to the business rates retention scheme, as well as the London business rates pool, within the context of the ongoing impact of the pandemic.
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March Budget 2021
As expected, the March Budget was dominated by the continuing response to the pandemic, and while some significant taxation decisions – such as raising Corporation Tax to 25 per cent - signalled the some longer term recognition of the need to address the huge deficit created by record levels of borrowing, overall it did not go as far as London local government would have hoped – either in terms of providing the foundations for a strong economic and social recovery in London, or in delivering financial certainty for local authorities.