Finance experts ask parliamentary committee: what is local government fundamentally for?

The question of what local government is fundamentally for must be answered in light of the “relentless” financial pressures facing the sector and the lack of a realistic – or any – funding increase to meet them.

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Local government finance experts made that point to the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee this morning (8 April), stating that only national policy

Finance experts ask parliamentary committee: what is local government fundamentally for?

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