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Showing posts with label finance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label finance. Show all posts
Tuesday, 30 January 2024

Government funding: welcome but not a game changer

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It’s not often that we get some unexpectedly good news on funding, but that did come through in the middle of last week. After a strong camp...
Wednesday, 30 November 2022

Building the budget: after the Autumn Statement

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The joint letter from the Leaders of Kent and Hampshire came a few days before the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement (17 November). The Statemen...
Sunday, 5 July 2020

Funding announcement - but uncertainty continues

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On Thursday the Housing, Communities and Local Government Secretary, Robert Jenrick, announced a further support package to help councils r...
Monday, 18 May 2020

Asylum seeking children: Kent's challenges

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Today has seen significant media interest in the issue of the arrival of Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children (UASC) in Kent and its implic...
Friday, 1 May 2020

Funding: the interest continues

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Further to yesterday's post , the financial pressures on local government remain in the spotlight, with two councils ( Liverpool and Wi...
Wednesday, 29 April 2020

Allocating the £1.6bn - what it means for Kent

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Ten days ago, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) announced a second tranche of £1.6bn in support to local go...
Saturday, 18 April 2020

MHCLG announces £1.6 billion for councils

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Last week I wrote about the allocation of emergency Covid-19 funding to councils. Since then, the issue has remained high-profile, with cou...
Thursday, 29 November 2018

More on Anthony Roper funding issue

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Following the concerns raised over the funding position at Anthony Roper Primary School, Sevenoaks MP Sir Michael Fallon and I met local pa...
Monday, 22 October 2018

Anthony Roper Primary School and the funding issue

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The recent letter from the Chair of Governors of Anthony Roper Primary School in Eynsford highlighting the school's difficult funding po...
Monday, 27 August 2018

Northamptonshire, the canary in the mine

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Every so often, I try to address an issue on this blog that goes wider than the specific concerns of the Division that I represent. The impl...