Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 121416

Departmental Expenditure Limits

Tabled: 17 March 2026

Answered: 24 March 2026

Named Day

Question

Saqib Bhatti

Conservative — Meriden and Solihull East

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the long-term impact of the 2025 increase to the RDEL envelope on the financial resilience of local authorities.

Answer

Alison McGovern

The final 2026-27 Local Government Finance Settlement will make available £78 billion in Core Spending Power for local authorities in England in 2026-27, a 6.1% increase compared to 2025-26. By the end of the multi-year Settlement (2028-29), the governmen...

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