Local authorities are struggling to juggle higher demands against central government funding cuts of nearly 50 per cent since 2010-11, says the National Audit Office.
Government plans to increase the share of business rates English councils retain risk growing divergences between the funding available to different councils, says the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
More than 423,000 homes have been given planning permission but are still waiting to be built, according to new research published today by the Local Government Association.
The Local Government Association has called on the Government to provide urgent clarity over how it will replace current European Union Structural Funds once the UK leaves the EU.
Councils and workers say people responsible for delivering adult social care must be at the heart of discussions which will shape the future of the system.