It should be noted that planned re-profiling of Capital funding has an impact on year-to-year comparisons for both Capital and Total Funding – this is explored further in CoSLA’s January 2017 briefing on the Local Government settlement5CoSLA. (2017, January). MSP Briefing - January 2017. Retrieved from <a href="http://www.cosla.gov.uk/msp-briefing-january-2017" target="_blank">http://www.cosla.gov.uk/msp-briefing-january-2017</a> [accessed 4 December 2017].