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£2bn finance settlement boost announced

Councils in England will receive a share of £2bn additional funding next year under the provisional Local Government Finance Settlement announced today.

By Martin Ford, Dan Peters | 18 December 2024
Jim McMahon © parliament.uk

Councils in England will receive a share of £2bn additional funding next year under the provisional local government finance settlement.

The total includes £515m towards the increase in employer National Insurance Contributions, which will be allocated based on ‘each council's share of relevant net service expenditure'.

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