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Council Tax

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the OBR’s Economic and Fiscal Outlook, 3 March 2026, para 3.41, and Table A.5, what estimate he has made of the potential impact on policy changes on referendum

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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
19 Mar 2026
Target answer date
23 Mar 2026
Answer
26 Mar 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 19 Mar 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the OBR’s Economic and Fiscal Outlook, 3 March 2026, para 3.41, and Table A.5, what estimate he has made of the potential impact on policy changes on referendum

  2. 23 Mar 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 26 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    The Government has provided councils with longer-term certainty through the first multi-year Settlement in a decade. As part of this, we have set out our intention to maintain 3% + 2% referendum principles for the vast majority of councils in each year of...

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