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Dom, BK 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0889-2571,
2024.
Financial resilience in the face of austerity: an empirical study of local authorities in England.
PhD, Nottingham Trent University.
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Abstract
Central governments and local authorities (LAs) have been susceptible to adverse shocks from disruptive events throughout their existence. In response, central governments have had to make some decisions and implement interventions. In England, the implementation of fiscal austerity policies has affected public sector organisations, particularly local authorities since 2010. A continuous reduction in central grants (RSG) made English LAs more financially vulnerable, as they sought to maintain public services (statutory and discretionary) and meet the expectations of the public. Fiscal austerity policies led to significant pressure on local government finances from two sources – (i) long-term reductions in central government support to LAs, and (ii) rising demand for LA services, most notably social care.
This study uses a financial resilience framework to explore the impacts of austerity on English LAs between 2010 and 2020 in order to understand how they responded to a period of continuous reduction in central government financial support. The study adopts a mixed-method approach that combines data analysis, and data visualisation methods with evidence from a series of semi-structured elite interviews.
Contribution of this study include a unique quantitative panel dataset that allowed comparison and analysis of English LAs’ income and expenditure over a long-term period, including the era of austerity and the preceding five years. It also applied data visualisation to understand the trends and patterns of LA income and expenditure in a national context. It also adopted the emerging Financial Resilience Framework as a theoretical model to interpret the implications for LAs by type and region. This revealed various trends and patterns in the impacts of austerity on English LAs’ income and their response to the pressures generated by austerity. Finally, the study provides some theoretical contributions to the development and application of the Financial Resilience Framework.
| Item Type: | Thesis |
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| Creators: | Dom, B.K. |
| Contributors: | Name Role NTU ID ORCID |
| Date: | August 2024 |
| Rights: | The copyright in this work is held by the author. You may copy up to 5% of this work for private study, or personal, non-commercial research. Any re-use of the information contained within this document should be fully referenced, quoting the author, title, university, degree level and pagination. Queries or requests for any other use, or if a more substantial copy is required, should be directed to the author. |
| Divisions: | Schools > Nottingham Business School |
| Record created by: | Laura Borcherds |
| Date Added: | 07 Mar 2025 13:47 |
| Last Modified: | 07 Mar 2025 13:47 |
| URI: | https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/53207 |
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