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Chancellor urged to fix ‘broken system’ as council bailouts ‘normalised’

Emergency bailouts of councils on the brink of financial failure have become normalised in a broken system of funding, Rachel Reeves has been warned. Ahead of the Autumn budget, the Local Government Association (LGA) stressed that councils are “at ...

17 Oct 2025 at 08:35

Flagship Reform council proposes to raise tax almost 4% after pledging cuts

Reform UK’s “flagship” local authority has raised council tax by almost 4% despite pledges to cut taxes before last year’s local elections. Kent County Council (KCC) produced its draft budget for 2026-27 on Thursday evening, revealing a 3.99% ...

09 Jan 2026 at 16:53

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