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How far do today’s social care announcements address social care funding concerns?

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In yesterday’s English Provisional Local Government Finance Settlement, the government announced councils will be able to set a ‘Social Care Precept’ of 3% a year over the next two years, rather than the 2% a year previously planned, to raise additional funds for adult social care. We calculate that yesterday’s announcements could increase the amount available to spend on adult social care by a maximum by £700 million over the next two years relative to previous plans. But they provide no boost to spending beyond that.

16 December 2016

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Autumn Statement 2016: Jam Tomorrow

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David Phillips, Senior research economist, gave this presentation on the implications of the Autumn Statement for local government to a range of council staff and other stakeholders.

29 November 2016

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Council-level figures on spending cuts and business rates income

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Last month, researchers at the Institute for Fiscal Studies launched first paper the from a new programme on local government finance. This paper looked at a range of issues including, changes in councils’ spending and revenues over the last seven years, and issues related to the evolving English business rates retention scheme (BRRS). Today, we publish two spreadsheets with information for individual council areas: a spreadsheet showing changes to councils’ spending on services between 2009–10 and 2016–17; and a spreadsheet showing relative gains and losses from the BRRS since it was introduced in 2013–14.

28 November 2016

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Chancellor prioritises investment not public services

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The economy and post-Brexit uncertainties, rather than public services, was clearly uppermost in the Chancellor’s mind when he announced the Autumn Statement. The Statement, informed by the OBR’s first forecasts since the Referendum, contained mixed news for Wales. This blog post looks at some of the key takeaway messages for Wales.

24 November 2016

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Tax devolution & Wales: a primer

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Presentation given to the Welsh Assembly Finance Committee discussing the background to good tax design, tax devolution, and the need for a new fiscal framework (including adjustments to block grant funding) to accompany tax devolution.

15 September 2016

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Welsh budgetary trade–offs to 2019–20

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The challenges facing Welsh Government and Welsh councils when setting their budgets in the context of continued spending constraint and rising demand

14 September 2016

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Determining “what works” in local councils – the case of ‘Street Champions’ in Lambeth

Event 11 July 2016 at 10:30 <p>Tothill Street, London, SW1H 9NQ</p>
At this event, we will be launching the first set of results to come out of the evaluation on different ways to get citizens more involved in the delivery of public services. IFS researchers will present the empirical results and policy implications of the evaluation, whilst representatives from Lambeth Council will talk about their experience of the trial.