Question follow-through · 37576
Council Tax
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of a cap on Mayoral Combined Authorities precepts for 2025-26.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 12 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 14 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 20 Mar 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of a cap on Mayoral Combined Authorities precepts for 2025-26.
14 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Mar 2025
Answer published
The government has not set referendum principles for Mayoral Combined Authorities for 2025-26. The government held a consultation on the provisional local government finance settlement, providing opportunity for the public and local authorities to share v...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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