Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Alison McGovern and Chris Webb

Monday 13th April 2026 Commons Chamber

[Chris Webb (Blackpool South) (Lab)]

My constituents in Blackpool South pay more in council tax for their housing than people with mansions in Mayfair. That is because, under the Conservatives, Blackpool council had to put its council tax up to the max just to get by. Will the Minister outline for my constituents how we can lower council tax for people in Blackpool South?

[Alison McGovern]

I have mentioned the increased charge that the Chancellor introduced, because this Labour party believes in fairness when it comes to council tax. I will work with councils right across the country to get their costs down so that people are not left paying sky-high bills in future.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Alison McGovern and Chris Webb

Monday 13th October 2025 Commons Chamber

[Alison McGovern]

I am unclear about the exact details of what the hon. Member is raising, but if he would like to write to me or the Secretary of State providing details, we will make sure that he receives a swift response.

[Chris Webb (Blackpool South) (Lab)]

South Shore in my constituency is one of the most deprived areas in the country. It has just been named by the Independent Commission on Neighbourhoods, which outlined 34 mission-critical neighbourhoods, as No. 1 for hyper-local need. Will the Secretary of State meet me to discuss how we can improve South Shore in Blackpool?

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Alison McGovern and Chris Webb

Monday 7th October 2024 Commons Chamber

[Alison McGovern]

I thank my hon. Friend for her question and, through her, I would like to thank Gingerbread for its work on this issue. There have always been, and always will be, conditions attached to social security, but the past 14 years show what happens when we have a Government who are more interested in blaming people and creating cheap headlines than offering real help. In our manifesto, Labour committed to review universal credit so that it makes work pay and tackles poverty, and the report that Gingerbread has written will also help inform our child poverty taskforce.

[Chris Webb (Blackpool South) (Lab)]

T1. If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.