questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Local Government Association's publication entitled Local government finance policy statement – LGA response. published on 28 November 2024, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her Department's polices of the finding that the planned increase in employer National Insurance contributions could cost the local government sector £1.7 billion in financial year 2025-26.
heading: Local Government: Employers' Contributions