questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many local authorities were in deficit in the financial years (a) 2022-23 and (b) 2023-24.
answerText: The final Local Government Finance Settlement for 2023/24 makes available up to £59.7 billion for local government in England, an increase in Core Spending Power of up to £5.1 billion, or 9.4% in cash terms, on 2022/23.The majority of this funding is un-r...
heading: Local Government Finance