Financial Briefings

LG Futures’ subscription-based Funding Briefing Service provides local authorities with unrivalled insight into the latest government funding announcements in 2010/11 that are likely to affect 2011/12 to 2013/14 financial plans.  In order to provide the most relevant information for your authority, a differentiated service is provided for districts and upper tier authorities.

The key benefits of our service include:

• All of our briefings are specifically designed with the needs of Directors of Finance and local authority finance officers in mind
• Wherever figures are available, we provide bespoke briefings, identifying the potential impact on your individual authority
• Even when dealing with technical issues, our briefings are easily readable and understandable, quickly highlighting the main financial issues from a local authority perspective
• The annual subscription covers your entire organisation – allowing an unlimited number of internal colleagues to receive our briefings directly

For 2010/11, our briefings will include:

• Comprehensive Spending Review 2010
• The financial implications of the three main party general election manifestos
• Analysis of your authority’s provisional finance settlement 2011/12  (by 9am the following morning)
• All papers submitted to the Settlement Working Group, highlighting the potential impact on your authority
• The DCLG consultation on the Formula Grant Distribution Review 2011/12 to 2013/14
• The DCSF consultation on Dedicated Schools Grant changes
• The Queen’s Speech
• The Chancellor’s Budget
• ONS population announcements and the 2011 Census
• Potential financial implications of draft Parliamentary bills

In addition to more detailed briefings on the specific areas above, we provide Free Monthly Updates of topical issues affecting local authority finances. This includes key announcements made by major central government departments and public sector bodies.

To find out more and to ensure that you are on the inside track, please contact Neil Wilcox, Director of Funding and Research, on neil.wilcox@lgfutures.co.uk or 07841 862851.

"“I find LG Futures' Funding Briefing Service to be extremely useful. The briefings produced as part of the annual subscription are concise, relevant and timely; and help inform our internal budget planning processes.” "