questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled Councils to be prevented from making risky investments, published on 28 May 2026, what threshold of debt relative to annual revenue is indicative of excessive financial risk by a local authority.
answerText: The Government has recently published a consultation on proposed capital risk metrics and associated regulations. This sets out the proposed metrics, their calculation methodologies, and the circumstances in which the Secretary of State’s powers may be ex...
heading: Local Government: Investment