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Social Services: Finance

Commons · Question 88527 · Tabled 5 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 17 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Zöe Franklin

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will introduce a minimum 4 per cent annual uplift in core spending power for local authorities with Adults and Children’s Services responsibilities.

Answer

Answered by Alison McGovern, 17 Nov 2025

As set out in the Fair Funding Review 2.0 consultation, this Government will use the first multi-year Settlement in a decade to redirect around £2 billion of existing funding to the places and communities that need it most. We expect the vast majority of ...