{"id":72697,"date":"2023-11-01T13:19:40","date_gmt":"2023-11-01T13:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=72697"},"modified":"2023-11-01T13:20:00","modified_gmt":"2023-11-01T13:20:00","slug":"how-many-english-local-authorities-might-survive-their-imminent-finanncial-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2023\/11\/01\/how-many-english-local-authorities-might-survive-their-imminent-finanncial-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"How many English local authorities might survive their imminent financial crisis?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/2023\/nov\/01\/england-councils-risk-bankruptcy-survey-child-protection-spending\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Guardian has reported today<\/a> that:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"dcr-1kas69x\">\u201cOut of control\u201d increases in child protection spending since the outbreak of the Covid pandemic have put one in 10 of England\u2019s biggest councils at risk of effective bankruptcy in the next few months, a survey has revealed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1kas69x\">Many county councils and unitary authorities are \u201crunning out of road\u201d to avoid insolvency as they grapple with high inflation, increases in children being taken into care, and massive bills for children\u2019s homes, the County Councils Network (CCN) said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Earlier <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/2023\/oct\/30\/councils-in-england-facing-bankruptcy-as-lack-of-housing-pushes-up-costs?CMP=share_btn_tw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this week, they reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-1djovmt\" data-gu-name=\"headline\">\n<div class=\"dcr-14emo0l\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1msbrj1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"dcr-1rbr3jc\" data-gu-name=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"dcr-14emo0l\">\n<div class=\" dcr-c7ke56\">\n<div class=\"dcr-rnfrqq\">\n<div class=\"dcr-9dgpdq\" data-print-layout=\"hide\">\n<div class=\" dcr-wtg1kk\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<div class=\"dcr-ch7w1w\" data-gu-name=\"body\">\n<div class=\"dcr-63dm4z\">\n<div id=\"maincontent\" class=\"dcr-1x6v1y4\">\n<div class=\"article-body-commercial-selector article-body-viewer-selector dcr-mi4h2y\">\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"dcr-1kas69x\">England\u2019s housing crisis will push many local authorities into bankruptcy as the increasing cost of emergency accommodation for thousands of homeless families threatens to overwhelm council budgets, leaders have warned.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1kas69x\">The worst-hit councils are now spending millions of pounds a year \u2013 in some cases between a fifth and half of their total available financial resources \u2013 to try to cope with an unprecedented and rapid explosion in homelessness caused by rising rents and a shrinking supply of affordable properties.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>To be clear, local authorities are facing the risk of financial failure because of the rapidly rising demand for and cost of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Housing for the homeless<\/li>\n<li>Adult social care<\/li>\n<li>Child social care<\/li>\n<li>School transport<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is not spending on fripperies: these are essential elements within the social care safety net or in the provision of universal education.<\/p>\n<p>So, will the government provide the funding needed? Or will they display the indifference that they showed towards need during the Covid crisis? Given that they have no moral compass, who knows?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Guardian has reported today that: \u201cOut of control\u201d increases in child protection spending since the outbreak of the Covid pandemic have put one in<br \/><a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2023\/11\/01\/how-many-english-local-authorities-might-survive-their-imminent-finanncial-crisis\/\"><em> Read the full article&#8230;<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[96,35,16,106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-conservatives","category-economics","category-ethics","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72697"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72699,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72697\/revisions\/72699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}