Central Grants to Local Governments: The Political and Economic Impact of the Rate Support Grant in England and Wales Book

Preface; 1. Central grants to local governments; Part I. Central Grants: Theory and Practice: 2. Categories of central grants; 3. The evolution of central grants and local finances in Britain; 4. The Rate Support Grant; 5. The distribution of the RSG since 1981; Part II. Distributional Effects of British Local Finance: 6. Local expenditure need; 7. Local taxes and expenditures; 8. The distribution of the Rate Support Grant; 9. Modelling expenditure and grants; Part III. Towards a More Rational Procedure: 10. An appraisal of alternatives; 11. An alternative structure for central-local relations; 12. The British experience of central grants - a way forward?; Appendices; Notes; Bibliography; Index.