Consultation outcome

Provisional local government finance settlement 2026 to 2027

Applies to England

This consultation has concluded

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Detail of outcome

The provisional Settlement consultation ran for 4 weeks from the 17 December 2025 to 14 January 2026. The government received 232 responses which are summarised in the summary of responses document.


Original consultation

Summary

This consultation seeks views on the proposals for the local government finance settlement for 2026 to 2027.

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Consultation description

We are seeking views on the proposals for the local government finance settlement for 2026 to 2027.

​Following the conclusion of this consultation, the final Settlement for 2026 to 2027 will be published and laid before the House of Commons in early 2026.

Documents

Updates to this page

Published 17 December 2025
Last updated 9 February 2026 show all updates
  1. Added Provisional Local Government Finance Settlement 2026-2027 to 2028-2029 consultation summary of responses

  2. First published.

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