Local Government
Council funding, local authority, council tax, combined authorities, local government finance
Recent PMQs Questions
View all 224PMQs 2026-07-15
After 16 years of Conservative Administration, Shropshire council's finances were left in a disastrous state. After a Local Government Association peer review praised the Lib Dem administration for ma...
PMQs 2026-07-08
I am deeply grateful for what the Prime Minister has helped us deliver in Cornwall in the past couple of years, whether that is free breakfast clubs, urgent capital funding for GP surgeries or the Ker...
PMQs 2026-07-08
Will the Deputy Prime Minister join me in welcoming Bev's pledge to extend free travel on public transport to all 11 to 18-year-olds, so all our young people in Greater Manchester can have the indepen...
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Does my right hon. Friend agree that our town and local centres are the lifeblood of our economy? Will he confirm that this Labour Government will do what it takes to unlock the potential of our local...
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Flexible and co-working spaces play a crucial role in regenerating town centres. However, recent Valuation Office Agency assessments now treat many as single, larger businesses. This could result in l...
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Residents in my constituency and across Sandwell benefit from the lowest council tax in the west midlands and investment in new leisure centres and parks. All our libraries are kept open. Sandwell is ...
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The Prime Minister says he is concerned about the cost of living, so can he explain why he allowed his Local Government Minister to give permission for Reform-led Worcestershire county council to infl...
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I would like to thank the Prime Minister for the £47 million that this Government have given to Lancashire county council to repair potholes. However, my constituents still feel like they need a moon ...
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In my constituency, the Liberal Democrat-run Three Rivers district council has failed for years to submit an adequate local plan. It now has a ministerial direction, and prime green-belt land faces a ...
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In 2014, a man in my constituency was ambushed and brutally beaten with a pickaxe handle. The judge called it a 'brutal attack'. Many constituents are concerned that the perpetrator, Councillor Mohsin...
Recent Ministerial Questions
View all 1844Maritime Sector 2026-07-16
Will the Department work with the Tees Valley combined authority to address this gap and make sure that more young people can get into the industry locally?...
Topical Questions 2026-07-16
Some 40% of roads in Cambridgeshire take up roughly 80% of the highways budget. With the forthcoming announcement about local government reorganisation in Cambridgeshire, what assessment has the Depar...
Topical Questions 2026-07-16
Haslingden Old Road in my constituency has been shut for two years due to a landslip. Will the Minister support me in urging Reform-led Lancashire county council to get this road reopened, as it is su...
Topical Questions 2026-07-16
Would the Minister encourage the Government's traffic commissioner for Scotland to build on the remarkable success of bus franchising in Manchester, and work with the Scottish Government to emulate th...
Topical Questions 2026-07-16
In many places, councils are trying to unpick the last Welsh Labour Government's blanket 20 mph speed limits. Why is the Secretary of State trying to repeat that policy which is causing chaos for moto...
Road Repairs New Technology 2026-07-16
Potholes are the bane of all our lives, including for my constituents, but I have a cunning plan: we could fix potholes much faster by tapping into the superpowers of bin men and women. Bin lorries tr...
Road Repairs New Technology 2026-07-16
What support she plans to provide to local authorities to help them adopt new technologies for tackling potholes and road defects?...
Pride in Place 2026-07-15
In my constituency, the Pride in Place programme will be stewarded by Jim Hope BEM. Jim has decades of experience in community engagement, and has been involved in a range of projects that have brough...
City Region Deals 2026-07-15
West Dunbartonshire is one of eight local authorities that make up the Glasgow city region deal. The local authority is delivering an ambitious project to create a major industrial and commercial deve...
Topical Questions 2026-07-07
My local community energy company, run by volunteers, is keen to get solar panels on the roofs of local public buildings but has struggled with obtaining permissions from the local authority. They mis...