questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 11 December 2024 to Question 17552 on Local Government: Employers’ Contributions, what representations her Department has received on the cost of local government procurement of (a) goods and (b) services in the context of the planned increase in employer National Insurance contributions.
answerText: The department regularly engages with a wide range of councils and representative bodies. Alongside the provisional Settlement, the government launched a consultation that seeks views, in particular from representatives of local government, on proposals f...
heading: Local Government: Employers' Contributions