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Local Government Finance system: Overview and challenges

Inquiry

After a series of PAC reports on the state of local authority finances over the last year including on the system of local government audit; local authority exposure to risky commercial investment  and potential losses in Covid support schemes; and the overall sustainability of the local authority finances, the Committee will question senior officials at the Treasury and newly renamed Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) on the challenges now facing local government as we enter the long economic recovery from the Covid19 pandemic.

If you have evidence on these issues please submit it here by Monday 22 November.

This inquiry is no longer accepting evidence

The deadline for submissions was 6:00pm on 22 November 2021.

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Past events

Monday 29 November 2021
3:30pm Private
4:00pm Public
Local Government Finance system: Overview and challenges - Oral evidence 29 November 2021
4:00pm
  • Jeremy Pocklington (Permanent Secretary at The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
  • Catherine Frances (Director General Local Government and Public Services at The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
  • Alex Skinner (Director Local Government Finance at The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
  • Will Garton (Director Public Services at HM Treasury)
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House

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