Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 93846

Local Government Finance: Rural Areas

Tabled: 24 November 2025
Answered: 2 December 2025

Question

Martin Wrigley

Liberal DemocratNewton Abbot

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the additional costs of delivering local government services in rural areas, and how these costs will be reflected in the Fair Funding

Answer

Alison McGovern
The government published the Local government finance policy statement 2026-27 to 2028-29 - GOV.UK and response to the Fair Funding Review 2.0 on Thursday 20 November, which set out the government's plans to introduce a fairer and evidence-led funding sys...

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