Financial Sustainability (Local Government)
Debate between Steve Rotheram and Steve McCabe(10 years, 11 months ago)
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Steve Rotheram
That is absolute nonsense. It is possible to pick individual statistics, but cumulatively the cuts and other Government policies have a disproportionate effect on my city. It is a greater effect than the hon. Gentleman could ever understand.
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak) (Lab)
I do not know the source of the evidence cited by the hon. Member for North Wiltshire (Mr Gray), but I think the Audit Commission showed that one in 10 of the best-off areas suffer only a fraction of the cuts being suffered by the poorest 20% of areas in the country. Has my hon. Friend seen that evidence?