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Debate between Thelma Walker and Heather Wheeler(5 years, 9 months ago)
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Mrs Wheeler
The hon. Lady is quite right to say that ensuring that we have enough affordable homes in London and elsewhere is a high priority for this Government, which is why we changed the rules on housing revenue account funding, and I look forward to the authority building even more houses than it has already.
Thelma Walker (Colne Valley) (Lab)
Local Authority Financial Sustainability: NAO Report
Debate between Thelma Walker and Heather Wheeler(6 years, 9 months ago)
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Mrs Wheeler
Much as I would love to do that, I think the safest thing I can do is refer the hon. Lady to the new funding for schools. Every single school has not had a reduction under the new fairer funding; every single school has had an increase of at least 1%.