Financial Challenges for Local Government Rory Mair Chief Executive, COSLA
Scottish Block Finance & Demand 2010/11 - 2013/14
Scottish Block Finance & Demand 2009/10 - 2017/18
Planning a Response Agree the planning assumption – worries about the market’s reaction Control local government spend & inflation Deliver savings through efficient government, shared services, changed structures Instigate a fundamental review of policy priorities
Possible Barriers to Progress Under-estimating the scale of the problem Re-opening 10/11 Difficult political environment Political imperatives arising from previously agreed priorities Position of single sector lobby groups & the possibility of effective partnership
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