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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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