This includes Revenue Support Grant, retained business rates, council tax and a number of special grants that authorities are free to spend as they wish.
A fourth mixture was designed to reproduce the three-site average values of solar reflectance and thermal emittance attained after 3 years of natural exposure, which the Cool Roof Rating Council (CRRC) uses to rate roofing products sold in the US.
Business rates: Councils haven't got what they wanted but to help high street shops compete with online retailers, Osborne announced a review of business rates, calculated in accordance with the rental value of a property used by a business.
Andrew Webb, chairman of the Association of Directors of Children's Services, said that while he agreed the system was creaking, he was unhappy with the way Ofsted rates councils.
The national average collection rate for council tax in 2012 was 97%.
Nick Clegg, leader of the Liberal Democrats, says his party would allow local authorities in some areas to levy twice the standard rate of council tax on second homes.
The economy will now continue to grow at a faster rate," the council chairman, C. Rangarajan, said in releasing the report.
Overall, Southwark found that up to the end of December, rent arrears among the pilot group stood at 12%, compared with a benchmark 2% arrears rate for council tenants whose housing benefit was paid direct to the landlord.
Title: Conservative MP for Rushcliffe and shadow business secretary Stands accused of: avoiding paying the full rate of council tax on two homes by claiming that neither was his main residence.
