Question follow-through · 121416
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the long-term impact of the 2025 increase to the RDEL envelope on the financial resilience of local authorities.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 17 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 24 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 24 Mar 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
17 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the long-term impact of the 2025 increase to the RDEL envelope on the financial resilience of local authorities.
24 Mar 2026
Target answer date
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24 Mar 2026
Answer published
The final 2026-27 Local Government Finance Settlement will make available £78 billion in Core Spending Power for local authorities in England in 2026-27, a 6.1% increase compared to 2025-26. By the end of the multi-year Settlement (2028-29), the governmen...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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