1 July 2020
Huffington Post reports on CPP's latest working paper, noting effects of the coronavirus crisis on council finances will be compounded by the preceding decade of austerity.
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26 June 2020
CPP's Zoe Billingham appears on BBC Look North, commenting on local council's financial sustainability during the Covid-19 crisis.
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24 June 2020
Labour Leader Keir Starmer refers to CPP's finding that eight out of ten councils are at risk of effective bankruptcy unless the government increases its Covid-19 funding.
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23 June 2020
The Guardian writes about CPP's latest working paper, highlighting that government support for local authorities in response to Covid-19 is insufficient.
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23 June 2020
Channel 4 News reports on our latest findings, arguing that the government needs to provide additional funding for local authorities to respond to impact caused by Covid-19.
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23 June 2020
This paper sets out how government efforts to respond to the financial pressures caused by Covid-19 could undermine the levelling up agenda and how the government can address this.
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