Local Government Finance
Commons · Question 32201 · Tabled 21 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Question
Asked by Ian Byrne
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure local authorities have adequate levels of Government funding.
Answer
Answered by Jim McMahon, 28 Feb 2025
The Local Government Finance Settlement for 2025-26 makes available over £69 billion for local government, which is a 6.8% cash terms increase in councils’ Core Spending Power on 2024-25. Taken together, the additional funding announced by the Chancellor ...