questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 20 April 2026 to Question 124738 on Local Government Finance: Disadvantage, whether councils which reduce the level of deprivation in their locality will receive reduced central government funding.
answerText: Through the Fair Funding Review 2.0 the government has delivered on its commitment to a fairer, evidence-based system that targets funding towards areas with high deprivation and need. We know deprivation is a factor that drives the level of spending on c...
heading: Local Government Finance: Disadvantaged