Provisional Local Government Finance Settlement Debate
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Caroline Voaden
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Provisional Local Government Finance Settlement
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Madam Deputy Speaker (Ms Nusrat Ghani)
I know the Minister wants to give thorough responses, but I have absolute confidence that he can do that with fewer words.
Caroline Voaden (South Devon) (LD)
I welcome the Government’s statement and their attention to local government finances. Delivering services in large, dispersed rural areas such as mine in South Devon is challenging and costly. What plans does the Minister have to ensure that rural local authorities will be allocated additional funding to manage the extra cost of delivering services across areas such as mine?