Question follow-through · 46889

Local Government Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make it her policy to replace the Exceptional Financial Support regime with long term debt-restructuring.

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
22 Apr 2025
Target answer date
24 Apr 2025
Answer
29 Apr 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 22 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make it her policy to replace the Exceptional Financial Support regime with long term debt-restructuring.

  2. 24 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 29 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    We are under no illusion about the fragile state of the sector and the pressures that some councils are facing, and recognise the potential for continued instability as we work to fix the foundations of local government. That is why we have a framework in...

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