Eric Pickles announcement of local government funding looks as if the funding of Brent will continue to fall. It is difficult to be clear at this stage, as the government deliberately makes the announcement in a way to make the details as obscure as possible, But it looks as if a fall in 2013 will be followed by a much bigger fall in 2014. This will also be true for lots of other Councils in poor areas, although much less so for Councils in richer areas.
There is no doubt that this is driving some Councils towards collapse, and that before long they will be unable to carry out their statutory as well as non-statutory services.
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