Spring Statement: s151s see ‘worrying signs’ but await outcome of Spending Review

Spring Statement: s151s see ‘worrying signs’ but await outcome of Spending Review

While local government’s nervous wait for clarity goes on to the Spending Review in the summer, there were “worrying signs” for the sector in chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Spring Statement. Experienced chief executive and s151 Richard Harbord told Room151 that while Reeves “was never expected to deliver a raft of new policies impacting local government”, some of her announcements could make an already-difficult financial outlook more complex. With d…