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Coronavirus (COVID-19): emergency funding for local government (17 July 2020)
Guidance
Coronavirus (COVID-19): emergency funding for local government
Allocations of additional funding to local authorities.
Published 30 March 2020
Last updated 17 July 2020 — see all updates
From:
Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
Applies to:
England
Documents
COVID-19: funding allocations
MS Excel Spreadsheet, 202KB
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Technical note on local government finance COVID-19 package
PDF, 294KB, 8 pages
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Details
Over March and April 2020, the government provided £3.2 billion of emergency grant funding and over £5 billion of cashflow support to support local authorities through Covid-19. On 2 July 2020, the Secretary of State announced a new set of support measures, including:
- A new scheme to reimburse councils for lost income from sales, fees, and charges
- Changes enabling local authorities to spread their tax deficits over three years rather than the usual one
- A further £500 million of un-ringfenced funding to respond to spending pressures
These documents set out the allocations of the funding, as well as a technical note with more details about the income scheme, collection fund deficit phasing and the distribution of the £500 million.
Published 30 March 2020
Last updated 17 July 2020 + show all updates