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RESOURCING THE BOROUGHS CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES. Hugh Grover 28 th June 2013. AGENDA. London Local Government View Pressures London Local Government in 2020 Challenges. LONDON LOCAL GOVERNMENT VIEW. LONDON LOCAL GOVERNMENT VIEW. Broadly supportive But: Government willingness? - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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RESOURCING THE BOROUGHS
CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
Hugh Grover 28th June 2013
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AGENDA
1. London Local Government View
2. Pressures
3. London Local Government in 2020
4. Challenges
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LONDON LOCAL GOVERNMENT VIEW
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LONDON LOCAL GOVERNMENT VIEW
• Broadly supportive
• But:
– Government willingness?
– Challenges to make it work!
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LONDON LOCAL GOVERNMENT VIEW
• Why?o Belief in local autonomy and accountabilityoNeed to do things differentlyo Local government can deliver change
o It’s not just about money!o But…
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FINANCIAL PRESSURES
• SR 2010 o -28% for LG to 2014/15
• Additional reductionso closer to 35%
• SR 2013 o -10% in 2015/16
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£2.4bn
24% shortfall
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* Formula grant includes grants being rolled into business rates retention in 2013/14
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DEMOGRAPHIC PRESSURES
• Fastest growing population in Englando likely to be 9m by 2020 and 10m by 2030
• Proportion of over 65s growing disproportionately
• Fastest growing school age population and a 13% rise in 0-15 year olds by 2020
• Over a third of all of England’s short term residents
• The most ethnically diverse part of England
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WIDER PRESSURES
• School places – additional 118,000 from 2011/12 to 2016/17
• Housing crisis
• Waste management
• Transport connectivity
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Growth Index – Young Adults with learning disabilities2012 = 100
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THE SOLUTION
Prevention & Growth
through
Strong local leadership
at the right spacial level
joining up services
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LONDON LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN 2020
• Potential for greater independence?• More explicit settlement about
pan-London/sub-regional/local and sub-local?• Integrated leadership of a range of local
public services?• Consensus about public expectations of
services and the roles of national and local state and citizens?
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CHALLENGES
• Governance
• Distribution of money (equalisation)
• Risk appetite
• Shared benefits
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