Local Government Finance

Debate between Jas Athwal and Caroline Nokes

Wednesday 5th February 2025 Commons Chamber

[Jas Athwal (Ilford South) (Lab)]

On the point about inner and outer London, the problem is that outer-London boroughs are now seeing inner-London problems, the funding system is archaic and the formula is based on outdated deprivation statistics, using household numbers rather than population. This unfairly impacts boroughs such as Redbridge, which covers my constituency. It is home to many multi-generational families living under one roof—

[Madam Deputy Speaker (Caroline Nokes)]

Order. We simply cannot have interventions like this. They need to be spontaneous; they should not be read out from pre-prepared scripts.

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[Jas Athwal]

Can I just make this point?

[Madam Deputy Speaker]

I think the hon. Member has already had long enough.