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30 Oct 2026

Budget suggests real-terms cuts to public services, IFS warns

Some public services will see real-terms cuts in next year's Spending Review, after the Institute for Fiscal Studies warned the Budget showed plans for overall departmental…[more...]

30 Oct 2026

Local government reorganisation

The Government has said it is “minded-to” approve local government reorganisation (LGR) plans in East Sussex, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire but will withdraw decisions in… [more...]

30 Oct 2026

Living standards set to fall

People are facing a “painful” and “depressing” few years ahead, economic think tanks have warned, after forecasts showed growth in living standards almost coming to a… [more...]

30 Oct 2026

A ‘steady, unexciting’ Budget but councils face ‘more hard times ahead’, say sector finance experts

There are “more hard times ahead for local councils” following the Autumn Budget, local government finance experts have warned.
Dan Bates, head of research at… [more...]

30 Oct 2026

Cumberland and Liverpool SEND reform plans approved

Cumberland and Liverpool councils have had revised plans to reform local special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) services approved by government.
They were two of… [more...]