Exceptional financial support: where does it end?

With more 2025/26 draft budgets being presented at council meetings by the day, one theme is emerging. Exceptional financial support (EFS).

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Last year, 19 local authorities requested government help to balance their 2024/25 budgets. This year, some industry insiders fear that figure could double –

Exceptional financial support: where does it end?

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