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Summary

The Government has published details of the £1.166bn Local Government contribution to the £6.2bn cross government savings in 2010/11 needed to tackle the UK's record deficit in order to restore confidence in the economy and support the recovery.

The information listed in the documents and tables below set out the basis on which the Government will implement reductions to individual local authority grant allocations, as announced in a Written Ministerial Statement made by the Secretary of Statement on Thursday 10 June 2010.

The Government recognises that it will be challenging for local authorities (along with other parts of the public sector) to make these reductions in-year. However, the Government is clear that these reductions are necessary for the reasons set out above. The Government believes that it is for local authorities to decide where their priorities and opportunities for efficiencies lie across the totality of their responsibilities.

To support local authorities to re-shape their budgets, the Government aims to give authorities certainty about their grant reductions as a matter of urgency, so that they can make the necessary decisions as quickly as possible. The Government has also received representations from local government to provide certainty urgently.

The Government will not be consulting authorities on the reductions to grants or funding streams. However, in relation to those grant streams where reductions are necessary, the Government considers it prudent to publish amended allocations and to allow local authorities to comment on the accuracy of the figures before they are implemented.

Authorities have been asked to let the Department know by 5pm on Thursday 24 June if they believe that there are errors in the figures.

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• Cover letter
  PDF , 46 kb
• Local government's contribution to £6.2 billion efficiencies in 2010-11
  PDF , 312 kb , 34 pages
• Local government's contribution to £6.2 billion efficiencies in 2010-11
  MS Word , 2392 kb , 34 pages
• 2010-11 Main Revenue Grant allocations
  MS Excel , 198 kb
• Capital Grant reductions
  MS Excel , 124 kb
• Ring-fences removed from local government funding streams
  MS Word , 50 kb
• Specific Revenue and Capital Grants 2010-11
  MS Word , 194 kb , 2 pages

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