Debates between Andrew Gwynne and Ranil Jayawardena during the 2017-2019 Parliament

Local Government Funding

Debate between Andrew Gwynne and Ranil Jayawardena
Wednesday 28th March 2018

(6 years, 7 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Andrew Gwynne Portrait Andrew Gwynne
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I will just move on. The fact is that since 2010, local government has borne the brunt of the public spending cuts. Since 2010, 49.1% of central Government funding has been cut from local government—[Interruption.] It is interesting that the Parliamentary Private Secretary is giving his Back Benchers cue cards and whispering in their ears about what to say.

Andrew Gwynne Portrait Andrew Gwynne
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I will not—[Interruption.] If the hon. Gentleman cannot think of his own intervention without the help of the Parliamentary Private Secretary, it is probably not worthy.

Metropolitan district councils have seen a reduction in spending power of 33.9% in real terms—