Question follow-through · 21642
Local Government Finance: Greater London
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the funding gap for London councils in the next four years.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 3 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 8 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 8 Jan 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the funding gap for London councils in the next four years.
8 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Jan 2025
Answer published
The provisional Settlement for 2025-26 makes available £69 billion for local government, which is a 3.5% real terms increase in councils’ Core Spending Power on 2024-25. The final Settlement will increase further, to incorporate the £515 million of fundin...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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