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Bambos Charalambous

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Sainsbury and Asda Merger
Monday 30th April 2018

(6 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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James Brokenshire Portrait James Brokenshire
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Absolutely. My hon. Friend makes a powerful and important point about the benefits of Conservatives leading local government.

Bambos Charalambous Portrait Bambos Charalambous (Enfield, Southgate) (Lab)
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Will the Minister acknowledge that youth offending teams have achieved huge success in working with and supporting young people to prevent them from getting involved in crime? Will he therefore tell me why their funding has been halved from £145 million in 2010-11 to just £72 million in 2017-18, and why councils are still waiting to receive their youth justice grant allocations for 2018-19?

Rishi Sunak Portrait Rishi Sunak
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I am not aware of the particular grant mentioned by the hon. Gentleman, but I am happy to look into it and write to him in due course.

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