Sentence examples for local government settlements from inspiring English sources

Local government settlements are being announced on Wednesday, with each council finding out how much funding they will receive, allowing them to work out how much council tax they will need to charge.

Back in mid-December, when the draft local government settlement was announced by the finance secretary, John Swinney, councils had been expecting a cut.

As the Executive set out, the local government settlement has clearly been unfair, Manchester's grant reduction is double that elsewhere on average.

Faced with savage cuts to their local government settlement, Lancashire councillors debate among themselves whether culture or social care should be their priority.

"The impact of the wider local government settlement appears to have meant that the additional resources have not found their way to social care budgets in some areas," the report says.

This is the provisional local government settlement.

Funding for councils will be announced in the provisional local government settlement on 18 October.

Previously, the council said the draft local government settlement indicated that it will have to make £8.5m in cuts.

It is the latest local authority in Wales forced to review its finances following a 4.6% reduction in funding from the local government settlement.

His comments were in response to a question from Ms McKinnell in which she asked whether his party would be voting against the local government settlement bill.

The Department for Education, through the local government settlement, said it was reducing the grant available to councils for support to schools to compensate for this.