Tag: local government finance

Photograph illustrating district heating in Romania
Framework Alert

Romania’s draft plan would lend local authorities 300m lei for heating fuel

A draft Romanian emergency ordinance would make up to 300 million lei available for heating fuel, with reduced interest and…

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Transparency Index

English councils forecast £10bn Send debt by 2028

English councils forecast that Send debts will reach £10bn by 2028, after EHCP numbers rose 12.5% in a year.

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Photograph illustrating local government and social care in England
Transparency Index

Social care took a record 71.9% of English councils’ core spending

Sixteen English councils spent more than 80% of core funding on adult and children’s social care in 2025-26, analysis of…

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Photograph illustrating public procurement in Finland
Rules Digest

Finland’s merger incentives could reshape municipal purchasing

Finland’s finance ministry proposes moving 100–200 million euros from state transfers into merger grants, while forecasting savings of up to…

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