questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement entitled Local Government Finance of 28 November 2024, Official Report, HCWS265, how she plans to manage the debts of councils
answerText: The decision to issue a Section 114 notice is for a council’s section 151 officer and government has no role in the process.Under the previous government, the then Secretary of State used statutory powers to intervene in a small number of councils failing...
heading: Local Government Finance