questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent steps the Government has taken to help (a) address funding shortfalls in local council budgets and (b) prevent local councils declaring bankruptcy.
answerText: The provisional local government finance settlement for 2024-25 makes available over £64 billion, an increase in Core Spending Power of almost £4 billion or 6.5% in cash terms on 2023-24. This above-inflation increase demonstrates how the Government stand...
heading: Local Government Finance