Karen Buck
Main Page: Karen Buck (Labour - Westminster North)
Mr Speaker
I think the hon. Gentleman might want an Adjournment debate on the matter.
Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North) (Lab)
In the Westminster city council area, 3,000 elderly and disabled people are losing social care, children’s centres are being cut, street cleansing is being cut and the youth service is being cut. In the light of that, does the Secretary of State think it is a good use of public money to run a summer roadshow
“to counter the messages that people are hearing about council services being reduced or withdrawn”?
Mr Pickles
We have been most careful to ensure that priority has been given to the most vulnerable. That is why we made sure that £6.5 billion went into the Supporting People programme, and £400 million into homeless programmes. We expect that to be reflected by local authorities prioritising the most vulnerable.