Tag Archives: Chancellor

LGA: multi-million-pound bail-outs becoming ‘normalised’

Posted on October 20, 2025 by insidecroydon

‘The country cannot deliver growth, reform public services or improve life chances without fixing local government finances’ according to the Local Government Association in its pre-Budget submission to the Chancellor On the same day that Katherine Kerswell quit as Croydon … Continue reading →

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£40bn of tax rises – but local councils left waiting for an answer

Posted on October 30, 2024 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: Labour’s first Budget in 14 years made no mention of councils with ‘toxic debt’ or any reframing of the central government’s settlement with local authorities. Political editor WALTER CRONXITE assesses what has been described as ‘a mixed … Continue reading →

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Barwell’s sympathy: ‘This was always going to be difficult’

Posted on October 30, 2024 by insidecroydon

BUDGET 2024: Inside Croydon has already interviewed an Oxford professor about the state of the economy and sent an open letter to Rachel Reeves about what needs to be done for England’s beleagured local councils. Now it seems the Chancellor’s … Continue reading →

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Dear Rachel: Croydon’s a microcosm for much of what is wrong

Posted on October 24, 2024 by insidecroydon

Ahead of next Wednesday’s Budget, the first Labour Budget in 14 years, columnist ANDREW FISHER, right, has penned this open letter to Chancellor Rachel Reeves Dear Rachel, Record NHS waiting lists, a housing crisis, growing levels of child poverty, backlogs … Continue reading →

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Philp gets caught flat out by Chancellor’s development plan

Posted on November 25, 2023 by insidecroydon

By JOHNNY DOBBYN, housing writer The campaign against flat developments in the south of the borough that has been led by Tories Chris Philp and Jason Perry has been dealt a severe blow by… the Conservative Chancellor’s Autumn Statement. Buried … Continue reading →

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