Written Question·Treasury·UIN 14050

Local Government Finance

Tabled: 29 June 2026
Answered: 8 July 2026

Question

Blake Stephenson

ConservativeMid Bedfordshire

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of her policies for fiscal devolution in relation to income tax on trends in the level of funding for local authorities.

Answer

Lucy Rigby
At her Mais Lecture, the Chancellor committed to work with mayors, businesses and other stakeholders to develop a fiscal devolution roadmap, to be published at the Budget, setting out plans to give regional leaders control over the allocation of a share o...

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