{"id":35895,"date":"2023-03-17T17:14:46","date_gmt":"2023-03-17T17:14:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=35895"},"modified":"2023-03-17T17:14:46","modified_gmt":"2023-03-17T17:14:46","slug":"government-confirms-60bn-for-local-authorities-to-deliver-vital-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=35895","title":{"rendered":"Government confirms \u00a360Bn for local authorities to deliver vital services"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"call-to-action\">\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-35896\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Town_Hall_Open_Gov_Licence_v3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" \/>The local government finance settlement has confirmed \u00a360 billion for councils to deliver local services.<\/h3>\n<h6><em>image: Open\u00a0 Government Licence v3.0<\/em><\/h6>\n<h3><!--more--><\/h3>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #993366;\">\u2026every local authority in England will see at least a 3% increase in core spending power\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<p>GOV.UK writes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Levelling Up Secretary confirms increased funding package for councils to deliver local services and support vulnerable households with council tax bills<\/li>\n<li>An extra \u00a35.1 billion available on last year\u2019s settlement, including access to \u00a32 billion new social care grant<\/li>\n<li>Government funding gives certainty to local government and stands behind councils in challenging times<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Councils in England will benefit from almost \u00a360 billion to deliver vital frontline services as the government confirms an average funding increase of 9.4% for town halls over the next financial year.<\/p>\n<p>After close engagement with councils, the settlement includes \u00a32 billion in additional grant funding for adult and children\u2019s social care for 2023\/24 and a one-off Funding Guarantee that ensures every local authority in England will see at least a 3% increase in core spending power before any local decisions around council tax are taken.<\/p>\n<p>Following consultation, the government has expanded the total funding allocations to include a further \u00a319 million for all services and \u00a310 million extra for the Rural Services Delivery Grant. This additional funding will help councils deliver core services and address the unique challenges faced by rural communities.<\/p>\n<p>The government proposed the funding package in December and\u00a0<a class=\"govuk-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/consultations\/provisional-local-government-finance-settlement-2023-to-2024-consultation\">consulted with councils on all elements of the settlement<\/a>. Now, the government is confirming its intention that councils across England will benefit from an additional \u00a35.1 billion \u2013 an increase of 9.4% on last year \u2013 as it continues to stand behind councils and public services in the face of financial pressures.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a class=\"govuk-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/collections\/final-local-government-finance-settlement-england-2023-to-2024\">final settlement<\/a>\u00a0for local government ensures the most relatively deprived areas of England receive 17% more funding per household than the least deprived.<\/p>\n<p>Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove said:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Every day councils across the country deliver for their communities and play a crucial role in driving forward levelling up.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">&#8220;This funding package represents an increase of over 9% for councils on last year, ensuring a fair deal for local government that reflects the vital work councils do to provide key services on which we all rely.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Alongside the provisional settlement, the government announced a \u00a3100 million of additional funding for local authorities to support the most vulnerable households in England \u2013 delivering on the manifesto commitment to protect local taxpayers from excessive increases. This funding supports the government\u2019s council tax referendum package, which strikes a fair balance to ensure taxpayers are not over-burdened at a time of significant pressure on the public finances.<\/p>\n<p>This announcement follows a major \u00a32.1 billion investment for councils across the UK through the\u00a0<a class=\"govuk-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/landmark-levelling-up-fund-to-spark-transformational-change-across-the-uk\">Levelling Up Fund<\/a>, which will deliver transformational projects to help spread opportunity to historically overlooked areas.<\/p>\n<p>The provisional settlement consultation was open for 4 weeks and closed on 16 January 2023.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/government-confirms-60-billion-for-local-authorities-to-deliver-vital-services\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The local government finance settlement has confirmed \u00a360 billion for councils to deliver local services. image: Open\u00a0 Government Licence v3.0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35895"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35895\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35897,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35895\/revisions\/35897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}