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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


LONDON LOCAL GOVERNMENT VIEW

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• Broadly supportive

• But:

– Government willingness?

– Challenges to make it work!

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• 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


£2.4bn

24% shortfall


* 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


Growth Index – Young Adults with learning disabilities2012 = 100


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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