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SEC gives evidence on Local Government Financial Sustainability

Communities, Submissions & Responses / March 21, 2025

South East Councils (SEC) has responded to the Public Accounts Committee’s inquiry: “Local Government Financial Sustainability” Local government is under extreme financial pressure. The National Audit Office found in 2021 that English local authorities had lost around a quarter of their spending power over the preceding decade, with government-funded spending power over 50% lower. While […]

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SEC gives evidence on sustainability of local government finances

Communities, Devolution, Submissions & Responses / January 31, 2025

South East Councils (SEC) has responded to the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee’s consultation: “The Funding and Sustainability of Local Government Finance” As Government seeks to reform local government finance, this inquiry is considering whether the local government finance system is fit for purpose and assess how it can meet the needs of local

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Public Accounts Committee Cites South East Councils

Communities, Devolution, SEC General News, Submissions & Responses / March 15, 2024

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has today published its report on Levelling up funding to local government. The heavyweight Select Committee is responsible for scrutinising Government projects seeking value for money. The report finds that only £1.24bn from the Government’s three funds as of September 2023 has been spent, out of a total of £10.47bn allocated

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SEC Responds to PAC Inquiry on Levelling Up Funding

Communities, Submissions & Responses / January 18, 2024

South East Councils (SEC) has responded to the Public Accounts Committee‘s (PAC) inquiry: “Levelling up funding to local government”. The consultation considers the Government’s £9.5bn in levelling up funding, in support of over 4,000 local projects, to be spent by 31 March 2026 – with a further billion pounds in funding yet to be awarded.

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South East Councils submit to Left Behind Neighborhoods APPG inquiry into levelling up

Communities, SEC General News, Submissions & Responses / January 23, 2023

Responding to the Left Behind Neighborhoods APPG‘s inquiry into levelling up, Cllr Nicolas Heslop, Chair of South East Councils said: “We hear about the ‘affluent’ South East in the headlines – despite that the relative affluence of local residents does not always translate into council spending power as one might think. The stereotype of the

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