Select committee: Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
Recommendation 4
Third Report - Financial distress in local authorities
Published 1 Feb 2024
Paragraph 41
Addressed to Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee Financial distress in local authorities All items in this report Report on parliament.uk ↗ Inquiry on parliament.uk ↗
Recommendation (the committee's words)
We repeat the recommendation made in our July 2021 report, Local Authority Financial Sustainability and the Section 114 Regime, and our November 2023 report, Council Tax Collection: namely, that: the Government must urgently reform council tax by undertaking a revaluation of properties and introducing additional council tax bands, and should consider options for wider reform of council tax.
From: Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee, Third Report - Financial distress in local authorities (HC 56), paragraph 41, 1 February 2024
Government response
The government responded to the whole report on 26 March 2024 (deadline 1 April 2024).