Local government finance report 2024 to 2025: draft

This draft report sets out the aspects of the local government finance settlement for 2024 to 2025 which will require approval by the House of Commons at time of the final settlement early in 2024. It includes: the proposed Revenue Support Grant distribution; the basis of the calculation of Baseline Funding Levels and ‘tariff’ and ‘top up’ payments that form part of the Business Rates Retention system; the determination of the ‘central’ and ‘local share’ of business rates; and the designation of business rates pools.