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Urban councils expecting huge losses under feared late funding formula change

Authorities in the north and the Midlands are braced for bad news when a new measure of deprivation that affects income is published on Thursday.

Evening Standard · Oct 29, 2025

Northern council says it faces bankruptcy over scrapped HS2 link

Cheshire East council mourns ‘devastating impacts’ of Rishi Sunak’s decision to ditch high-speed rail

The Independent UK · Dec 14, 2023

Almost one-third of council funding spent on children’s social care amid surge in referrals

Finances at ‘breaking point’ with some placements for vulnerable children costing £1m a year

The Independent UK · Nov 20, 2023

Majority of councils in poorer areas are ‘uncertain of meeting budgets’

Local authorities in some of the least well-off areas have raised the alarm over spending plans set four months ago due to inflation pressures.

The Independent UK · Jun 18, 2023

Wirral Council funding cut by a quarter since 2010

One councillor said: "Austerity has been a disaster and makes a complete mockery of the so-called levelling up agenda"

Liverpool Echo · May 17, 2023

Fairer funding call as North East councils lose nearly £700m a year

Group representing North East councils says the region's devolution deal offers only a fraction of the funding lost over the austerity years

Chronicle Live · May 3, 2023

Greater Manchester council budgets cut by a quarter on average, research reveals

The figures show the poorest councils in England have faced real-term cuts worth almost three times as much as the richest one

Manchester Evening News · May 3, 2023

Councils fail to fine wayward landlords flouting energy laws

There have been hundreds of breaches across England but only a handful of fines issued

Evening Standard · Apr 28, 2023

Figures show staggering rate of cuts to Merseyside councils under Tory government

Liverpool and Knowsley have suffered huge cuts while much richer councils have been treated very differently

Liverpool Echo · Apr 27, 2023

Analysis shows absence of levelling up in council funding

Research reveals only a slight recent narrowing of the gap in resources available to local authorities in the poorest and wealthiest areas.

The Independent UK · Feb 15, 2023