Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 99294
Local Government Finance
Tabled: 11 December 2025
Answered: 22 December 2025
Question
Shivani Raja
Conservative — Leicester East
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the financial sustainability of local authorities projecting significant drawdowns from reserves within the next three years.
Answer
Alison McGovernThe government considers reserves to be an important part of the resources available to local authorities.We encourage local authorities to consider how they can use their reserves to maintain services in the face of pressures, taking account, of course, ...
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