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Local Government Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the cost pressures faced by local authorities in providing statutory services.

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
13 Jun 2025
Target answer date
20 Jun 2025
Answer
20 Jun 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 13 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the cost pressures faced by local authorities in providing statutory services.

  2. 20 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 20 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    The government recognises the significant pressures that councils are facing. This Spending Review provides over £5 billion of new grant funding over the next three years for local services that communities rely on. This includes £3.4 billion of new grant...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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