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Employers' Contributions and Minimum Wage

Commons · Question 15921 · Tabled 25 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 3 Dec 2024

Question

Asked by David Simmonds

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's guidance entitled New burdens doctrine: guidance for government departments, updated on 29 July 2022, whether proposed changes to (a) employers

Answer

Answered by Jim McMahon, 3 Dec 2024

We have announced £1.3 billion of new grant funding in 2025/26 for local government to deliver core services. Together with local income from council tax and locally-retained business rates, this will provide a real-terms increase in total core spending p...