Select committee: Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
Recommendation 5
Third Report - Financial distress in local authorities
Published 1 Feb 2024
Paragraph 42
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)
Furthermore, in the short-term, the Government must raise the referendum threshold for council tax at least in line with a relevant measure of inflation. In the longer- term we recommend that the Government considers removing the threshold entirely.
From: Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee, Third Report - Financial distress in local authorities (HC 56), paragraph 42, 1 February 2024
Government response
The government responded to the whole report on 26 March 2024 (deadline 1 April 2024).