The local government finance settlement is the annual determination of funding to local government. It needs to be approved by the House of Commons.

This collection covers the provisional local government finance settlement for 2025 to 2026 and includes a consultation on the proposals. Following the conclusion of this consultation, the final settlement for 2025 to 2026 will be published and laid before the House of Commons in early 2025.

It includes the provisional local government finance settlement for 2025-26 makes available up to £3.7 billion in additional funding for social care authorities.

The full collection can be found here.

NB: An explanatory note on the method used to calculate the overall national amount of additional funding available for adult social care over the multi-year Local Government Settlement can be found here.