Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 106775

Council Tax

Tabled: 19 January 2026
Answered: 27 January 2026

Question

Alex Ballinger

LabourHalesowen

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how he plans to support Councils with low council tax bases and entrenched deprivation.

Answer

Alison McGovern
Following extensive consultation and engagement, we are realigning funding distributed through the Local Government Finance Settlement with need and deprivation. We will target a greater proportion of grant funding towards the most deprived places which n...

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