Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 26562

Local Government Finance

Tabled: 27 January 2025
Answered: 4 February 2025

Question

Kevin Hollinrake

Conservative — Thirsk and Malton

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the policy paper entitled Local Government Finance Report 2025 to 2026: draft, published on 18 December 2024, how much and what proportion of additional funding

Answer

Jim McMahon
The final 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.This included introducing a new ‘Recovery Grant’, worth £600 million, which will go to ...
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