Ministerial role

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Local Government)

Organisations: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government

Responsibilities

The minister is responsible for:

• Local government policy, including local government reform
• Local government finances (including local authority sustainability and business rates retention)
• Adult social care
• Local government interventions policy and oversight of existing interventions
• Local government pensions
• Troubled Families
• Parks / green space

Previous holders of this role

1. The Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP

   2018 to 2019

Announcements

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• Businesses to pay rates bills that better reflect current property values
  • 12 June 2019
  • Press release
• New Council Tax guide protects most vulnerable households
  • 26 May 2019
  • Press release
• New public buildings to have Changing Places toilets for severely disabled people
  • 12 May 2019
  • Press release
• Embrace the benefits of public scrutiny, councils told
  • 07 May 2019
  • Press release
• Government pledges to improve the way Council Tax debt is recovered
  • 10 April 2019
  • Press release
• Brexit Local Government Delivery Board: March 2019 update
  • 01 April 2019
  • Press release
• More families in need making significant progress
  • 28 March 2019
  • Press release
• Nearly 200 pocket parks will help transform the nation
  • 26 March 2019
  • Press release
• Drivers to receive greater protection against rogue private parking operators
  • 15 March 2019
  • Press release
• Publication of councillors’ and candidates’ home addresses: letter to local authorities
  • 07 March 2019
  • Correspondence

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