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Supporting People Programme

Asked by Paula BarkerLabourMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 19 May 2025UIN 51474

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a national Supporting People programme.

Answered by Rushanara Ali

Local authorities are best placed to decide how their funding is spent locally. The Government has a delivered a Settlement that begins to fix the foundations of local government by providing significant investment redirecting funding towards the services and places that need it most. The Settlement for 2025-26 makes available over £69 billion for local government, which is a 6.8% cash terms increase in councils’ Core Spending Power on 2024-25.

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