Committees

The Spending Review and Local Government Finance

Inquiry

This inquiry will consider what approach the Government should take to funding local government as part of the 2020 spending review. It will investigate the current financial health of local authorities and their ability to deliver services, including the additional pressures caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. In light of continued delays to the multi-year spending review, the Committee will also examine the impact of single year settlements on the ability of councils to plan and deliver services in the long-terms.

Read the call for evidence for more detail about the inquiry

Upcoming events

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Past events

Monday 22 February 2021
4:30pm Public
Oral evidence session 22 February 2021
Local Authority Financial Sustainability and the Section 114 Regime; The Spending Review and Local Government Finance - Oral evidence
4:30pm
  • Luke Hall (Minister of State for Regional Growth and Local Government at Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government)
  • Alex Skinner (Director of Local Government Finance at Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government)
Virtual meeting
Thursday 12 November 2020
3:00pm Public
The Spending Review and Local Government Finance - Oral evidence 12 November 2020
3:00pm
  • Cllr James Jamieson (Chairman at Local Government Association (LGA))
  • Rob Whiteman (CEO at Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy)
  • David Phillips (Associate Director at Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS))
4:00pm
  • Cllr David Williams (Chairman at County Councils Network)
  • Cllr Sharon Taylor (Leader of Stevenage Borough Council, & DCN Lead Member for Sustainable Finance and Workforce at District Councils Network)
  • Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton (Chair at Special Interest Group of Municipal Authorities)
Room 6, Palace of Westminster

Contact us

  • Email: hclgcom@parliament.uk
  • Phone: 020 7219 6232 (general enquiries) | 020 7219 7556 (media inquiries)
  • Address: Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA