Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor George Howarth (Labour), on Monday, 20 February 2023, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 36 members in total.

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Local government funding

That this House acknowledges that local government fulfils a vital role and should be funded in such a manner as to enable it to continue to do so; notes with regret that councils face a funding gap of £3.19 billion for 2023-24; further notes that councils will be confronted with the unacceptable choice of cutting services or using already worryingly declining reserves to balance their budgets; expresses alarm that the gap is likely to increase to £5 billion in 2024-25 without taking into account increased energy costs and inflationary pressures; and calls on the Government to ensure that adequate funding is provided to local authorities in order to ensure that their budgets are future-proofed against the need to cut jobs and services in the short, medium and long term.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

865 

Session

2022-23

Other sponsors

Jonathan Edwards

Jim Shannon

Rebecca Long Bailey

Dan Carden

Richard Foord

Subjects

Local government finance

Link

View this Early day motion on edm.parliament.uk