Local Government Finance

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government written question – answered at on 14 September 2018.

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Photo of Kate Hollern Kate Hollern Shadow Minister (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of funding allocated to (a) Blackburn borough council (b) other local authorities in England.

Photo of Rishi Sunak Rishi Sunak Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

Over this spending period, councils will be able to access more than £200 billion to spend on local services; of this, Blackburn with Darwen Council will have available over £590 million. The majority of this funding is non-ringfenced as it is for local authorities who are independent of central government to manage their budgets in line with locally determined priorities.

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