Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 99314

Local Government Finance

Tabled: 11 December 2025
Answered: 16 December 2025
Named Day

Question

Anneliese Midgley

LabourKnowsley

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how the Government ensures that increases in core spending power per head accurately reflect trends in levels of costs for councils in deprived areas.

Answer

Alison McGovern
Through the Fair Funding Review 2.0 reforms and the first multi-year Local Government Finance Settlement in a decade, we are introducing a fairer and evidence-based funding system. These updates will account for local circumstances, including for differen...

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