Select committee: Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
Recommendation 27
Third Report - Financial distress in local authorities
Published 1 Feb 2024
Paragraph 148
Addressed to Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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Recommendation (the committee's words)
The next Government must embark on a fundamental review of the system of local authority funding and local taxation, exploring all options for removing its current regressive elements and bringing it into the 21st Century. This should include consideration of land value taxes, and of wider fiscal devolution including the option of granting local authorities a specific share of central taxation.
From: Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee, Third Report - Financial distress in local authorities (HC 56), paragraph 148, 1 February 2024
Government response
The government responded to the whole report on 26 March 2024 (deadline 1 April 2024).