Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 122211

Council Tax

Tabled: 19 March 2026

Answered: 26 March 2026

Question

David Simmonds

Conservative — Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner

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

Answer

Alison McGovern

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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