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1 LGA PEERS SURVEY Methodology: ComRes interviewed 101 Peers online or by self-completion paper survey between 11 th June and 9 th July Data were weighted by party and region to be representative of the House of Lords. ComRes is a member of the British Polling Council and abides by its rules. All press releases or other publications must be checked with ComRes before use. ComRes requires 48 hours to check a press release unless otherwise agreed. For information about commissioning research please contact info@comresglobal.com or call +44 (0) To register for Pollwatch, featuring commentary and insight from the ComRes team, please pollwatch@comresglobal.com REPUTATION COMMUNICATIONS PUBLIC POLICY Four Millbank London SW1P 3JA T. +44 (0) Rond-Point Schuman / Schumanplein 6 Box Bruxelles T. +32 (0) /F Raffles City No.268 Xi Zang Middle Road HuangPu District Shanghai China T. +86 (0)

2 Q1_SUM. To what extent do you agree or disagree with each of the following statements about local government in England and Wales? SUMMARY TABLE... 1 Q1_1. To what extent do you agree or disagree with each of the following statements about local government in England and Wales? Councils should have more control over local taxes such as Council Tax and business rates... 2 Q1_2. To what extent do you agree or disagree with each of the following statements about local government in England and Wales? Councils should have more financial freedoms and powers to build new homes... 3 Q1_3. To what extent do you agree or disagree with each of the following statements about local government in England and Wales? Additional funding should go to councils' adult social care budgets to tackle the funding gap... 4 Q1_4. To what extent do you agree or disagree with each of the following statements about local government in England and Wales? Additional funding should go to councils' children's services budgets to tackle the funding gap... 5 Q1_5. To what extent do you agree or disagree with each of the following statements about local government in England and Wales? Local councils should be given the powers and funding currently held by central government to enable them to integrate employment, skills, apprenticeship and business support services in their areas... 6 Page 1

3 Q1_SUM. To what extent do you agree or disagree with each of the following statements about local government in England and Wales? Table 1/1 SUMMARY TABLE Total Strongly agree Tend to agree Tend to disagree Strongly disagree Don't know No response Agree Disagree Mean Councils should have more financial freedoms and powers to build new homes Councils should have more control over local taxes such as Council Tax and business rates Additional funding should go to councils' adult social care budgets to tackle the funding gap Additional funding should go to councils' children's services budgets to tackle the funding gap Local councils should be given the powers and funding currently held by central government to enable them to integrate employment, skills, apprenticeship and business support services in their areas % 53% 38% 3% 1% 1% 4% 91% 4% % 26% 57% 8% 2% - 7% 83% 10% % 44% 32% 9% 4% 5% 5% 76% 13% % 34% 33% 13% 1% 11% 8% 67% 14% % 22% 44% 16% 3% 9% 5% 66% 19% Page 1

4 Q1_1. To what extent do you agree or disagree with each of the following statements about local government in England and Wales? Table 2/1 Councils should have more control over local taxes such as Council Tax and business rates Agree strongly (4) % 8% 39% 67% 17% 20% 31% 25% 19% 11% 27% 35% 28% 21% 30% 11% - Tend to agree (3) % 67% 47% 33% 65% 59% 49% 67% 81% 67% 47% 50% 57% 57% 49% 89% 100% Tend to disagree (2) % 13% 6% - 9% 11% 10% 3% - 8% 11% 9% 8% 9% 10% - - Disagree strongly (1) % 4% 3% - - 4% 2% - - 5% - 1% 3% - 3% - - Don't know No response % 8% 6% - 9% 6% 8% 5% - 8% 16% 5% 4% 13% 8% - - Net: Agree % 75% 86% 100% 83% 79% 81% 92% 100% 78% 74% 84% 86% 78% 79% 100% 100% Net: Disagree % 17% 8% - 9% 15% 11% 3% - 14% 11% 10% 10% 9% 13% - - Mean score Page 2

5 Q1_2. To what extent do you agree or disagree with each of the following statements about local government in England and Wales? Table 3/1 Councils should have more financial freedoms and powers to build new homes Agree strongly (4) % 42% 72% 89% 35% 43% 54% 63% 31% 62% 58% 52% 52% 55% 56% 41% 50% Tend to agree (3) % 42% 22% 11% 57% 46% 38% 27% 57% 30% 27% 40% 36% 41% 34% 52% 50% Tend to disagree (2) % 4% - - 4% - 3% 5% % 4% - 3% - - Disagree strongly (1) % 4% % % - - 2% - 2% - - Don't know % 4% % % % - - 7% - No response % 4% 6% - 4% 2% 5% 5% - 3% 16% 3% 4% 5% 5% - - Net: Agree % 83% 94% 100% 91% 90% 92% 90% 88% 92% 84% 92% 89% 95% 90% 93% 100% Net: Disagree % 8% - - 4% 4% 3% 5% - 5% - 5% 6% - 5% - - Mean score Page 3

6 Q1_3. To what extent do you agree or disagree with each of the following statements about local government in England and Wales? Table 4/1 Additional funding should go to councils' adult social care budgets to tackle the funding gap Agree strongly (4) % 17% 75% 61% 39% 41% 46% 43% 12% 41% 58% 48% 41% 50% 49% 18% 50% Tend to agree (3) % 46% 17% 33% 30% 36% 36% 23% 63% 35% 5% 31% 31% 34% 32% 30% 50% Tend to disagree (2) % 13% 3% 6% 13% 13% - 20% - 5% - 16% 11% 7% 7% 22% - Disagree strongly (1) % 13% % 6% - 12% 5% 10% - 6% - 3% 7% - Don't know % 8% - - 9% 4% 3% 10% 13% 11% - 3% 8% - 2% 22% - No response % 4% 6% - 9% 2% 8% 5% - 3% 26% 3% 4% 9% 7% - - Net: Agree % 63% 92% 94% 70% 77% 82% 65% 75% 76% 64% 79% 72% 84% 81% 48% 100% Net: Disagree % 25% 3% 6% 13% 17% 6% 20% 12% 11% 10% 16% 16% 7% 10% 29% - Mean score Page 4

7 Q1_4. To what extent do you agree or disagree with each of the following statements about local government in England and Wales? Table 5/1 Additional funding should go to councils' children's services budgets to tackle the funding gap Agree strongly (4) % 13% 47% 50% 39% 32% 35% 35% 25% 22% 48% 39% 31% 41% 40% 7% 50% Tend to agree (3) % 25% 39% 44% 30% 36% 28% 35% 38% 35% 16% 34% 37% 23% 32% 41% - Tend to disagree (2) % 25% 8% - 9% 8% 19% 7% 25% 13% - 13% 13% 11% 9% 29% - Disagree strongly (1) % 4% % % - 2% - 2% - - Don't know % 21% - 6% 13% 12% 6% 17% 13% 16% - 11% 11% 11% 7% 22% 50% No response % 13% 6% - 9% 10% 8% 5% - 13% 26% 3% 6% 13% 10% - - Net: Agree % 38% 86% 94% 70% 69% 63% 70% 62% 57% 64% 73% 68% 64% 72% 48% 50% Net: Disagree % 29% 8% - 9% 8% 23% 7% 25% 13% 10% 13% 15% 11% 11% 29% - Mean score Page 5

8 Q1_5. To what extent do you agree or disagree with each of the following statements about local government in England and Wales? Table 6/1 Local councils should be given the powers and funding currently held by central government to enable them to integrate employment, skills, apprenticeship and business support services in their areas Agree strongly (4) % - 39% 56% 17% 22% 20% 25% - 14% 27% 29% 23% 21% 26% 8% - Tend to agree (3) % 38% 42% 33% 57% 34% 54% 40% 75% 41% 32% 42% 43% 46% 39% 56% 100% Tend to disagree (2) % 25% 6% 11% 17% 17% 14% 18% 12% 21% 21% 13% 19% 9% 15% 22% - Disagree strongly (1) % 8% 3% % % - 4% 5% - 4% - - Don't know % 21% 6% - 4% 10% 6% 12% 12% 11% 5% 9% 7% 16% 8% 15% - No response % 8% 6% - 4% 6% 5% 5% - 8% 16% 3% 4% 9% 7% - - Net: Agree % 38% 81% 89% 74% 56% 74% 65% 75% 55% 58% 71% 66% 66% 65% 63% 100% Net: Disagree % 33% 8% 11% 17% 27% 14% 18% 12% 26% 21% 17% 24% 9% 19% 22% - Mean score Page 6