Greater Lincolnshire councils to receive extra £30.7m government payout
Greater Lincolnshire councils will be awarded £30.7 million after the government announced the second round of a £1.6 billion fund. The grant total is £1.4 million less than the last share of the government’s £3.2 billion total pot given to authorities to help tackle the impact on services during the coronavirus pandemic. Councils across the…
Greater Lincolnshire councils will be awarded £30.7 million after the government announced the second round of a £1.6 billion fund.
The grant total is £1.4 million less than the last share of the government’s £3.2 billion total pot given to authorities to help tackle the impact on services during the coronavirus pandemic.
Councils across the Greater Lincolnshire region have now received more than £62.83 million across the two tranches.
How the funding for local councils breaks down.
This time round, district councils in Lincolnshire are getting an additional £7.1 million compared to the last go as the government moves to redress the financial pressures.
However, upper tier authorities Lincolnshire County Council, North East Lincolnshire Council and North Lincolnshire Council will get £8.5 million less than last time.
Three of the seven districts are getting at least £1.1 million extra – with South Kesteven getting £1.42 million – an additional £1.35 million extra than it got last time round.
SKDC leader Kelham Cooke took to social media to announce the news.
He said: “Great news that SKDC has received £1.4 million in emergency funding to respond to the ongoing pandemic.
“Well done District Council’s Network for raising the profile on us having a vital role in supporting local economies and delivering critical services.”
The other two big winners this time round are East Lindsey District Council, which received £1.41 million (£1.3 million extra) and North Kesteven which was awarded £1.41 million (£1.11 million extra).
In total, district councils have received £8.04 million of the £3.6 billion pot.
Lincolnshire County Council takes the biggest hit – receiving £7.47 million less than last time for a grand total of £14 million.
Last time it received £21.47 million and will have been given £35 million in total from government after this latest payout.
Meanwhile, North Lincolnshire will receive £4.74 million (£250,000 less), while North East Lincolnshire will get £4.38 million (£834,000 less).
In total, the upper tier authorities have been given £54.8 million.
Local Government Secretary Rt Hon Robert Jenrick MP said: “Councils are playing a central role in our national fight against coronavirus and the government continues to back them at this challenging time.
“The latest £1.6 billion of this will be allocated to councils in the fairest way possible, recognising the latest and best assessment of the pressures they face.
“We are backing local district councils and a clear majority will receive at least £1 million in additional funding.”
This week, councils revealed they face multi-million pound losses due to the impact of coronavirus on their revenue streams such as car parking, planning and licensing.
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Saturday, May 8, is the final day of counting votes in the local elections, with results expected today for the Lincolnshire Police and Crime Commissioner.
People took to the polls on Thursday, May 6, to decide who would be their new ward councillors, as well as the Police and Crime Commissioner. Due to safety measures surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, votes for the PCC are counted Saturday.
Marc Jones was the second-elected PCC of Lincolnshire in May 2016 and this time his role is being challenged by Labour City of Lincoln councillor Rosanne Kirk and Chair of the Lincolnshire Police Independent Advisory Group (IAG), David Williams from the Lincolnshire Independents party, Ross Pepper from the Liberal Democrats and Peter Escreet from the Reform Party.
Local Democracy Reporters Daniel Jaines and James Mayer are at the Lincoln counting centre today to bring you the result as it is announced.
There have been 248 coronavirus cases in Greater Lincolnshire and three COVID-related deaths so far this week – a 7% drop in cases but two more deaths than the previous week.
The government’s COVID-19 dashboard on Friday recorded 35 new cases in Lincolnshire, four in North Lincolnshire and four in North East Lincolnshire.
One death was registered in North Lincolnshire. These figures include deaths both in and out of hospitals, as well as residents in hospitals outside the county.
NHS England reported two hospital deaths this week so far. Friday’s death was at Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, the first death there in over a month. This time last week, no hospital deaths were recorded across Greater Lincolnshire hospitals.
On Friday, national cases increased by 2,490 to 4,431,043, while deaths rose by 15 to 127,598.
In local news, all people under the age of 40 will be offered an alternative COVID-19 vaccination to the Oxford/AstraZeneca jab after fears that young people could get rare blood clots.
The move is a precautionary one after evidence of young people suffering from blood clots once they were given the AstraZeneca jab increased.
A Year 9 student at Cleethorpes Academy has tested positive for coronavirus, resulting in 28 pupils now self-isolating as a precaution.
Principal Mrs Janice Hornby sent a letter to parents/carers on Thursday, May 6 and said the school is continuing to monitor the situation and is working closely with Public Health England.
In national news, England’s R number has fallen slightly to between 0.8 and 1, latest figures show.
This means that on average, every 10 people infected with COVID-19 will pass it on to between eight and 10 other people.
The Prime Minister has said the government needs to carefully handle outbreaks of the India variant of coronavirus in the UK.
It comes as Public Health England (PHE) said one version of it had been elevated to a “variant of concern”.
Coronavirus data for Greater Lincolnshire on Friday, May 7
Greater Lincolnshire includes Lincolnshire and the unitary authorities of North and North East (Northern) Lincolnshire.
59,937 cases (up 43)
41,627 in Lincolnshire (up 35)
9,614 in North Lincolnshire (up four)
8,696 in North East Lincolnshire (up four)
2,192 deaths (up one)
1,617 from Lincolnshire (no change)
307 from North Lincolnshire (up one)
268 from North East Lincolnshire (no change)
of which 1,305 hospital deaths (up one)
812 at United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust (no change)
41 at Lincolnshire Community Health Service hospitals (no change)
1 at Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation Trust (no change)
451 in Northern Lincolnshire (NLAG) (no change)
4,431,043 UK cases, 127,598 deaths
DATA SOURCE — FIGURES CORRECT AT THE TIME OF the latest update. postcode data includes deaths not in healthcare facilities or in hospitals outside authority boundaries.
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