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Debate between Paul Goggins and Grant Shapps
Grant Shapps
I think we might be finally making progress. The good news for the hon. Gentleman is that when that kind of transparency is combined, everyone can hold local authorities to account—that is the whole point. When people try to cover things up and when huge amounts of expenditure go completely unchecked by armchair auditors, that cannot happen, but this way it can and will.
Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale East) (Lab)
18. What assessment he has made of the likely effects of retention of business rates on local authorities in areas with high levels of deprivation.