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The main link between local authorities and central government in England is through the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) which distributes the large part of local authority funding through general government grants, Revenue Support Grant, and the business rate grant. Allocations (in funding blocks covering education, personal social services, police, fire, highway maintenance, capital financing, and ‘other’ services) are determined centrally, taking account of relative spending needs and resources that can be raised locally. The Neighbourhood Renewal Fund (NRF) is an example of additional earmarked funding for eligible areas, paid to local authorities to be spent on priorities agreed through the LSP to improve mainstream services in the most deprived areas. The new Local Authority Business Growth Initiative (LABGI) provides an incentive for local authorities to promote economic growth by allowing them to retain a proportion of any increase in business rate revenue, above a certain level. Previously, income from business rates has been sent to central government, then redistributed to councils on the basis of population. Every local authority agrees a Local Public Service Agreement with national government which secures additional funding to meet stretch targets.
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