Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 36954

Local Government Finance: Disadvantaged

Tabled: 10 March 2025
Answered: 13 March 2025

Question

Jas Athwal

LabourIlford South

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to ensure areas with higher levels of deprivation receive adequate funding.

Answer

Jim McMahon
The final Local Government Finance Settlement for 2025-26 makes available over £69 billion for local government in England, which is a cash-terms increase of 6.8% in Core Spending Power on 2024-25. The most relatively deprived areas of England will receiv...

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