Dec 17 2010
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Q&A: Council funding grants cut
A useful guide to local authority grants from central government and the cutbacks currently being made has been published on the BBC News website.
The guide provides user-friendly answers to the following questions:
- How are local authorities funded?
- What grants do councils get?
- What do councils spend the money on?
- How hard are local authorities going to be hit?
- Where can I see the figures for my local council?
- How long will it be before we know how services will be affected?
- Are some areas more likely than others to be hit?
- Is anything ring-fenced?
- What other ideas are being considered?
- What does the government say about the cuts?
The webpage also provides a table of the ‘winners’ (councils facing cuts of less than 2% for the next two years) and ‘losers’ (councils facing 8.9% cuts for two years).
17 December 2010
