Fire and Rescue Services: Finance
(asked on 2nd March 2023) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of the impact of reductions in funding for fire and rescue services.
This question was answered on 9th March 2023
Standalone fire and rescue authorities will see an increase in core spending power of 8.1 per cent in cash terms compared to 2022/23
In 2023-24 no referendum principles were set for Combined Authority Mayors, so the referendum limit for council tax does not apply to Greater Manchester Fire. This means that the Mayor can take a decision to increase council tax above the core referendum principle of £5 without triggering a local referendum.