A spokesperson for the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, which looks after local government, said: “Councils are responsible for the management of their own finances.
“The Local Government Finance Settlement for 2023/24 makes available up to £59.7bn for local government in England, an increase in Core Spending Power of up to £5.1bn or 9.4% in cash terms on 2022/23.
“Through the 2023/24 Local Government Finance Settlement, the most relatively deprived areas of England will receive 17% more per household in available resource than the least deprived areas.”
The government allocated an additional £600m for councils in January in recognition of the pressures they face. They say this means all authorities will see a…
