Town halls feel the pinch in a tight settlement

Town halls feel the pinch in a tight settlement (PF 12/10/07)

Consequences of 0.9% funding increase could be CT cap breaches and restrictions to adult social care. In LG, failure can be more subjective. Is the org necessarily failing if they can’t do everything with the funding offered by the Government?

NHS trusts await decision on threatened capital charge rise

NHS trusts await decision on threatened capital charge rise (PF 31/8/07)

Question of whether PFIs moving onto the balance sheet under IFRS will attract capital charges. NHS Trusts cannot be free even if strategy is not being explicitly imposed, because government rules bind them.