Question follow-through · 28262
Local Government: Debt
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the department has considered whether debt restructuring or cancellation will be offered to local authorities struggling with high levels of debt and interest rates.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 8 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 10 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 15 Sept 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
8 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the department has considered whether debt restructuring or cancellation will be offered to local authorities struggling with high levels of debt and interest rates.
10 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Sept 2026
Answer published
The local government finance framework gives authorities wide freedoms to borrow and invest, enabling them to set their own capital strategies in response to local needs. It is standard for councils to borrow and to hold debt in the normal course of busin...
Official data retrieved 1 Oct 2026.
Later records
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