Conservatives launch conference with towns funding pledge

[Nearly Sane]

A billion pounds!


https://youtu.be/l91ISfcuzDw?si=KVE3O7C1RMfjhdEh

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-66973899

[Aruntraveller]

I bet that £1 billion is going to eradicate the £16 billion in cuts to the rate support grant over the last decade.

Well, it does in some alternate universe where money follows the wishes of PM's rather than the laws of economics.

By 2020, local authorities will have faced a reduction to core funding from
the Government of nearly £16 billion over the preceding decade. That means
that councils will have lost 60p out of every £1 the Government had provided
to spend on local services in the last eight years. Next year, 168 councils will
receive no revenue support grant at all.

Local Government Association

More details here: https://tinyurl.com/LGAReport

[Nearly Sane]

My hometown is one to benefit from the largesse - which is over ten years.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-66975560

[Aruntraveller]

My hometown also benefits (Mansfield).

The reports I read this morning said that the money woul be deaalt with by some sort of consortium of local MP, local council, businesspeople, etc. So not going directly to the council and no doubt somebody will be able to "direct" the money to their particular interests given that this government gives fuck all for any sort of due diligence in matters of this nature.