Written questions

Local Government Finance

Commons · Question 14050 · Tabled 29 Jun 2026 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 8 Jul 2026

Question

Asked by Blake Stephenson

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of her policies for fiscal devolution in relation to income tax on trends in the level of funding for local authorities.

Answer

Answered by Lucy Rigby, 8 Jul 2026

At her Mais Lecture, the Chancellor committed to work with mayors, businesses and other stakeholders to develop a fiscal devolution roadmap, to be published at the Budget, setting out plans to give regional leaders control over the allocation of a share o...