Andrew Gwynne
Main Page: Andrew Gwynne (Labour - Denton and Reddish)(10 years, 5 months ago)
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Brandon Lewis
The new homes bonus is fairly simple: you build more houses, you get more money.
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish) (Lab)
The Minister must surely be aware that many local authorities have already committed significant reserves to meeting additional equal pay requirements, especially as a result of the Birmingham ruling. That money cannot be spent twice, so will he cover those additional costs, should they arise, if those councils take his advice and spend the reserves on front-line services?
Brandon Lewis
If the hon. Gentleman looks at the Birmingham case, he will find that we have been helpful to Birmingham, particularly with capitalisation. It would have been better, however, if that authority had made decisions earlier for good financial planning.