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Local Government Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to support local authorities in receipt of exceptional financial support to resolve funding issues in the long term.

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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

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Recorded timeline

  1. 17 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to support local authorities in receipt of exceptional financial support to resolve funding issues in the long term.

  2. 23 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 24 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    The Government recognises the significant pressures that councils are facing. The Spending Review provides over £5 billion of new grant funding over the next three years for local services that communities rely on. The £3.4 billion, when taken together wi...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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