Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 46889

Local Government Finance

Tabled: 22 April 2025

Answered: 29 April 2025

Question

David Simmonds

Conservative — Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make it her policy to replace the Exceptional Financial Support regime with long term debt-restructuring.

Answer

Jim McMahon

We are under no illusion about the fragile state of the sector and the pressures that some councils are facing, and recognise the potential for continued instability as we work to fix the foundations of local government. That is why we have a framework in...

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