Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 26838

Local Government: Debts

Tabled: 28 January 2025

Answered: 5 February 2025

Question

Kevin Hollinrake

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to para 4.2.3 of the English Devolution White Paper, published on 16 December 2024, how the (a) debts and (b) surpluses of individual councils will be divided up i

Answer

Jim McMahon

It is the responsibility of councils to manage their budgets, and it is standard for councils to borrow and to hold debt, which they will do in the normal course of business. Local government re-organisation does not change this. Previous Secretaries of S...

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