Saturday, August 05, 2006

Town halls demand correct migrant figures / CIPFA, 4 Aug 2006

http://www.cipfa.org.uk/publicfinance/news_details.cfm?news_id=28439
"Councils are warning that they are being starved of vital resources to fund basic services because of the government’s inability to produce accurate immigration figures. Public Finance has learned that the Local Government Association is poised to throw its weight behind the campaign by 25 local authorities that claim they are losing millions of pounds in central government grant because of flawed mid-year population estimates." [Immigration - Economic]