Leader of Telford & Wrekin Council responds to local government finance settlement announcement.
In response to the Government’s announcement of multi-year local government finance settlements yesterday (Thursday 20 November 2025) the Leader of Telford & Wrekin Council has issued the following response.
Councillor Lee Carter, Leader of Telford & Wrekin Council, said:
“We welcome the Government’s announcement this week of a £5bn boost for local government funding over three years, following the Fair Funding Review.
“Only this week I have travelled to London with Shaun Davies MP to talk to Government about a range of issues including fair funding. For too long, single-year settlements, coupled with reductions in funding have made long-term financial planning difficult for us in Telford and Wrekin; over the 14 years prior to 2024 more than £180million was cut from our budget and that was in spite of the fact that throughout that period we were recognised as a good council delivering good local services and the lowest Council Tax in the region. The cuts just kept coming.
“It is however refreshing to see the current government not only understands the challenge but is also proactively doing something about it.
“We understand that full details of this much needed reform of the local government funding formulae and details of this multi-year settlement will be released in December, so look forward to receiving more information.”