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<p>A total of £3 billion including Barnett impact has been announced since October
2021 to enable the delivery of Household Support Fund in England. This includes over
£2.5 billion allocated to Local Authorities in England. It is for the devolved administrations
to decide how to allocate their additional Barnett funding.</p><p> </p><p>Councils
continue to have the flexibility to use funding from the Local Government Finance
Settlement to provide local welfare assistance.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The
Government has delivered a balanced package of funding through the Local Government
Finance Settlement for 2024-25 which makes available up to £64.7 billion. The most
relatively deprived areas of England will receive 18% more per dwelling in available
resource through the 2024-25 Settlement than the least deprived areas.</p>
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