Dan Bates

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Skip to Main Content Significantly more English local authorities have met the annual statement of accounts deadline than in recent years, according to research by Room151. Please subscribe or upgrade your membership. To continue reading this article please sign in below or subscribe to our site. Subscribe By 30 June, 261 out of 315 local authorities had published their accounts, compared with 235 at the same point last year.

While upper tier authorities are seeing significant pressures and are relying on external borrowing, district councils are so far not yet showing the same degree of balance sheet stress, finds Room151’s head of research Dan Bates. Please subscribe or upgrade your membership. To continue reading this article please sign in below or subscribe to our site.