Local Government Finance
Commons · Question 91978 · Tabled 18 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Wendy Morton
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the financial resilience of metropolitan local authorities; and what steps his Department is taking to support councils impl
Answer
Answered by Alison McGovern, 26 Nov 2025
The government is delivering a fairer system and realigning funding with need and deprivation through the first multi-year Local Government Finance Settlement in a decade. These changes will not fix the challenges facing local government overnight. Reform...