Rural Councils to Get Money for ‘Remoteness’ Cost in Funding Shake-up – Rayner

EXC: Rayner’s New Deputy PM Office Doesn’t Have Its Own Budget

Rayner is powering through with her expanded power base after a bruising week for the Starmer project. Her new Deputy Prime Minister’s HQ in the Cabinet Office will be run out of the housing department… After Guido exclusively revealed that Rayner was set to get a large Cabinet Office power base with a revived Office of the Deputy Prime Minister the media followed up on Guido’s reporting.[…] Read the rest

Rural councils to get extra money because they’re more remote, Rayner announces

The deputy prime minister has announced a ‘comprehensive review’ of local government aimed at slashing red tape and reforming funding

Rural councils to get money for ‘remoteness’ cost in funding shake-up – Rayner

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has announced a ‘comprehensive review’ of local government aimed at slashing red tape and reforming funding.

Pressures face council budget

MILDURA Rural City Council will be forced to cut services unless State and Federal Governments step in and give country councils a "fair go", councillors have been told. Councillors this week formally adopted the 2025-26 draft budget with an average...

Windfall: Why more cash could be on the way for 'remote' rural counties of Staffordshire, Shropshire and Worcestershire

Rural councils are to get more money to pay for the cost of "remoteness" as part of a funding shake-up, ministers have suggested after countryside authorities raised concerns that they would lose out.

Funding for councils: Homes for Ukraine

How government funds councils for thank you payments and tariffs. Includes two-tier and devolved administrations, education, record keeping, and reconciliation.