Communities and Local Government
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- Local government
- Local government finance
Local government finance
Communities and Local Government LGF Directorate is responsible for maintaining and developing a framework for local government finance which meets HM Treasury macroeconomic and fiscal policy requirements, and supports local engagement and flexibility, and the delivery of shared government objectives. It is also responsible for advising Ministers on all aspects of local government finance policy and legislation.
This section contains information useful for local government finance officers but will also be of interest to members of the public, businesses and researchers/analysts. Information on the Revenue Support Grant Settlement can be found on a separate website (see link on the right).
Contact us
LGF website comments should be sent to: lgfweb@communities.gsi.gov.uk.
LGF information requests should be sent to: lgf@communities.gsi.gov.uk.
In this section
- New Burdens Doctrine
- Area Based Grant
- Accounts and Audit Regulations 2003
- The Bellwin scheme
- Business rates
- Capital finance
- Council tax
- Icelandic banks
- Local Authority Business Growth Incentives (LABGI) scheme
- Public Private Partnerships and Private Finance Initiative
- Research and statistics
- Whole of Government Accounts (WGA)
Related downloads
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Glossary of Terms and Acronyms used in Local Government Finance
PDF, 147 kb, 14 pages
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Archived content
- Archived material including consultation papers (external link)
Central-Local concordat
Read how central and local government will work together to serve the public.
