
This LGA 2023 Annual Conference presentation sets out the broad economic and fiscal context and the funding and policy outlook for local government.
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This presentation, delivered by IFS researchers David Phillips and Kate Ogden at the LGA's 2023 Annual Conference in Bournemouth sets out the broad economic and fiscal context and the funding and policy outlook for local government from now until the second half of the 2020s.
Authors

Senior Research Economist
Kate joined the IFS in 2020 and works on local government finance and higher education.

Associate Director
David is Head of Devolved and Local Government Finance. He also works on tax in developing countries as part of our TaxDev centre.
Presentation details
- DOI
- 10.1920/ps.ifs.2023.0013
- Publisher
- Institute for Fiscal Studies
Suggested citation
Ogden, K and Phillips, D. (2023). 'A forward look on finance' [Presentation]. London: Institute for Fiscal Studies. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/forward-look-finance (accessed: 14 February 2025).
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