Tuesday 7 January 2014

More pressure on localism

.@NALC says no to parishes being put under new financial pressureshttp://bit.ly/1acCm9K #localism #localgovt

Localism's elephant in the room

Localism’s particular elephant in the room is council tax support funding. The golden thread of parish financing – over a century old – was broken with the introduction of localised council tax support schemes. No longer are local (parish and town) councils masters of their own destiny.

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