The Guardian website has a report here on the impact of today’s budget on local government.
Their key points were:
? Restrictions on public sector pay were announced.
? Welfare Cap to be set at ?119bn in 2015-16, rising to ?127bn in 2018-9.
? Osborne said house building was up by 23% but this wasn’t enough. He said further reforms to the planning system were being made and that he wanted to get Britain building.
? The government will make ?140m available for repairs and maintenance to damaged flood defences.
? Local authorities will also be able to bid from a pot of ?200m for filling potholes.