Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government written question – answered at on 24 March 2026.
Saqib Bhatti
Shadow Minister (Education)
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the long‑term impact of the 2025 increase to the RDEL envelope on the financial resilience of local authorities.
Alison McGovern
Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
The final 2026-27 Local Government Finance Settlement will make available £78 billion in Core Spending Power for local authorities in England in 2026-27, a 6.1% increase compared to 2025-26. By the end of the multi-year Settlement (2028-29), the government will have provided a 15.5% increase in Core Spending Power for local authorities in England, worth over £11.4 billion, compared to 2025-26.
As a result of these changes, nine in ten councils will receive funding that broadly matches their assessed need by the end of the multi-year Settlement, up from around a third before our reforms.
Yes0 people think so
No0 people think not
Would you like to ask a question like this yourself? Use our Freedom of Information site.
Secretary of State was originally the title given to the two officials who conducted the Royal Correspondence under Elizabeth I. Now it is the title held by some of the more important Government Ministers, for example the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
