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<p>Funding for local government services, including children’s services, is set at
Spending Review. The Chancellor has announced that the next Spending Review will be
in 2019 and decisions about the future funding of local government will be taken in
the round.</p><p>We are working with the Department for Education (DfE) and the sector
to develop an understanding of children’s services costs and pressures, and to help
local authorities innovate and reform services to achieve better quality and efficiency.</p><p>In
preparation for the Spending Review, and as part of the Government’s review of relative
needs and resources, new, up-to-date formulas are being developed to ensure funding
distribution to councils is based on the best available evidence. DfE and MHCLG have
commissioned an ambitious data research project from independent contractors to inform
this work.</p>
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