A research paper exploring why some Big Local areas are at risk of not spending all their funding.
This briefing is part of our Local Trust research papers series, originally shared internally with staff. It investigates why some areas are at risk of not spending all their funding by the end of the Big Local programme in March 2026.
The paper also reflects the perspective of areas themselves and what support they thought might help to reduce the risk of not spending the entire £1million.
A version of this paper was first published internally by Local Trust in 2019. It was published on the Local Trust website in April 2022.