"We will continue to work with Government to achieve a sustainable long term funding settlement and updated distribution mechanisms."
Responding to the extra funding for councils in 2024/25 announced today, Cllr Shaun Davies, Chair of the Local Government Association, said:
“The LGA welcomes that the Government has acted on the concerns we have raised and recognised the severe financial pressures facing councils, particularly in providing services to the most vulnerable children and adults through social care services and delivering core front-line services to communities.
“We will continue to work with Government to achieve a sustainable long term funding settlement and updated distribution mechanisms, as well as legislative reform where needed, so that local government can play its full part in delivering inclusive prosperity and growth through investment to support people, places, and the planet.”
The LGA has warned that councils in England face a £4 billion funding gap over the next two years. Therefore, while positive extra funding will help ease some of the financial pressures they face in 2024/25, councils will still need to raise council tax and many will need to make cuts to local services in order to plug funding gaps.