Spending Review 2021 and the wider funding outlook

Published on 13 January 2022

In this presentation at the Local Government Association's Annual Local Government Finance Conference (2022), IFS researchers explained the economic and fiscal outlook, looked at how councils' finances have fared during the pandemic, and the funding outlook and issues facing the sector in the next few years.

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In this presentation at the Local Government Association's Annual Local Government Finance Conference (2022), IFS researchers explained the economic and fiscal outlook, looked at how councils' finances have fared during the pandemic, and the funding outlook and issues facing the sector in the next few years.

    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.

    Presentation details

    DOI
    10.1920/ps.ifs.2024.0164
    Publisher
    IFS

    Suggested citation

    Ogden, K and Phillips, D. (2022). 'Spending Review 2021 and the wider funding outlook' [Presentation]. London: IFS. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/spending-review-2021-and-wider-funding-outlook (accessed: 14 November 2026).

    Grant

    ESRC Institute for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy 2020-25

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