COVID-19: Local government finance Contents

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Contents

Summary

Introduction

Conclusions and recommendations

1 Supporting local authority financial sustainability in the first year of the pandemic

Government preparedness at the outset of the pandemic

Departmental data on local authority financial resilience during the pandemic

Designing schemes to support local authorities and their communities during the pandemic

Transparency about financial risks in the sector

2 The prospects for financial and service sustainability

Impacts of the pandemic on local authority finance and services in the future

The need to reform local government finance

Financial uncertainty for local authorities

Formal minutes

Witnesses

Published written evidence

List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament