Dan Peters 21 November 2025

Review to assess fee devolution

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has announced a review of council fees to assess their suitability for devolution.

It said yesterday it had ‘heard loud and clear that the local government sector wants to see further devolution of local fees' but would ‘not be changing any fees as a result of this review until it is completed'.

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