Select committee: Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
Recommendation 21
Third Report - Financial distress in local authorities
Published 1 Feb 2024
Paragraph 121
Addressed to Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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Recommendation (the committee's words)
The Government should provide clarity to local authorities on its specific expectations for resolving existing DSG budget deficits, and agree with local authorities a set of realistic and achievable steps, supplemented by sufficient additional funding, for eliminating these existing budget deficits. This should be done by 31 March 2024.
From: Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee, Third Report - Financial distress in local authorities (HC 56), paragraph 121, 1 February 2024
Government response
The government responded to the whole report on 26 March 2024 (deadline 1 April 2024).