Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 19793

Local Government Services: Rural Areas

Tabled: 12 December 2024

Answered: 17 December 2024

Named Day

Question

Vikki Slade

Liberal Democrat — Mid Dorset and North Poole

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she is taking steps to ensure that local authorities in rural areas receive higher levels of funding in the Local Government Finance Settlement for 2025-26, in the contex

Answer

Jim McMahon

The government is absolutely committed to tackling the issues that matter to rural communities. Places with a significant rural population will on average receive around a 5% increase in their Core Spending Power next year, which is a real terms increase....

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