Local Authorities’ Spending Cut by Over 20% under Coalition

England’s local authorities have collectively seen their spending cut by 20.4% under the Tory-led coalition, a new report has revealed.  And the Institute for Fiscal Studies' (IFS) figures show that, taking into account population growth, spending per person has been cut by 23.4%.  But the government’s cuts have not been even across the country. Westminster City Council has suffered a cut of 46.3%, while North East Lincolnshire Council has experienced a more manageable cut of 6.2%. And according to the IFS, further cuts planned for 2015–16 will generally be focused on the same local authorities that have lost over the last five years.  Download the report from the IFS website.