| Heading: |
Local Government Finance |
| Question ID: |
1792691 |
| UIN: |
44400 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-07 |
| Asking Member ID: |
415 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Fabian Hamilton
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Fabian Hamilton
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of funding for local authorities for the 2025-26 financial year. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-28 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4569 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Jim McMahon
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| Answering Member handle: |
JimfromOldham
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@JimfromOldham
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| Answer text: |
The Local Government Finance Settlement for 2025-26 makes available over £69 billion for local government, which is a 6.8% cash terms increase in councils’ Core Spending Power on 2024-25. Taken together, the additional funding announced by the Chancellor ... |
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| Answering body ID: |
7 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government |
| Tweeted: |
true |