Written questions

Local Government Finance

Commons · Question 46889 · Tabled 22 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 29 Apr 2025

Question

Asked by David Simmonds

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make it her policy to replace the Exceptional Financial Support regime with long term debt-restructuring.

Answer

Answered by Jim McMahon, 29 Apr 2025

We are under no illusion about the fragile state of the sector and the pressures that some councils are facing, and recognise the potential for continued instability as we work to fix the foundations of local government. That is why we have a framework in...