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Social Services: Finance

Asked by Priti PatelConservativeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 8 November 2024UIN 11850

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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to (a) continue the Adult Social Care Precept and (b) amend the Council Tax referendum limit.

Answered by Jim McMahon

The Government is committed to keeping taxes on working people as low as possible. Decisions of the future of local authority funding are a matter for the Local Government Finance Settlement which will report in the coming months.

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