Row of terraced houses

This LGA 2023 Annual Conference presentation discusses some key issues with how public service spending is allocated across England.

Downloads

Image representing the file: Download presentation slides

Download presentation slides

PDF | 1.26 MB

This presentation, delivered by IFS researcher David Phillips at the LGA's 2023 Annual Conference in Bournemouth discusses some key issues with how public service spending is allocated across England, and provides an early preview of work updating and extending our analysis of the geographical distribution of spending within England.

    Authors

    Kate Ogden
    Kate Ogden

    Senior Research Economist

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

    David Phillips
    David Phillips

    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.

    Max Warner
    Max Warner

    Senior Research Economist

    Max joined the IFS in 2020 as a research economist in the Healthcare Sector, with a focus on the NHS labour force and adult social care in England.

    Presentation details

    DOI
    10.1920/ps.ifs.2023.0014
    Publisher
    Institute for Fiscal Studies

    Suggested citation

    K, Ogden and D, Phillips and M, Warner. (2023). 'Need, funding and geographic inequalities' [Presentation]. London: Institute for Fiscal Studies. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/need-funding-and-geographic-inequalities (accessed: 18 June 2025).

    Grant

    ESRC Institute for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy 2020-25 Determinants of health: review of funding allocations

    More from IFS

    Understand this issue

    Policy analysis

    Academic research