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HANSARDLocal Government and Social Care FundingAbsolutely. I will leave it to the Secretary of State to answer that, because I think that Birmingham has been dealt a bad set of cards by this Government. It is not just…24 Apr 2019HANSARDLocal Government and Social Care FundingAbsolutely. We have to highlight the unfairness. We have to keep on until the Government wake up, smell the coffee and understand the damage they are doing to the fabric of so…24 Apr 2019HANSARDLocal Government and Social Care Fundingrose —24 Apr 2019HANSARDLocal Government and Social Care FundingI can disagree with the hon. Lady because, for a start, funding for children’s services has increased in Essex. She should perhaps check that. If she is saying there is not a…24 Apr 2019HANSARDLocal Government and Social Care FundingMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. I pay tribute to Labour councillors like those in his constituency who are making incredibly difficult decisions. They are the last line of…24 Apr 2019HANSARDLocal Government and Social Care FundingI will give way shortly, but I want to deal briefly with the issue of social care before I begin my concluding remarks. The largest of the pressures on services remains the…24 Apr 2019HANSARDLocal Government and Social Care FundingI will give way to the Chairman of the Select Committee.24 Apr 2019HANSARDLocal Government and Social Care FundingOn a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. I am really pleased that the practice of having Opposition day debates has resumed, although it is regrettable that the Government’s…24 Apr 2019HANSARDLocal Government and Social Care FundingI beg to move, That this House notes that despite the Prime Minister announcing that austerity is over, local authorities’ spending power per household is on course to fall by an…24 Apr 2019HANSARDLocal Government and Social Care FundingThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. We should stand firm against terrorist atrocities wherever they are perpetrated. We should stand strong as a community, both in the United…24 Apr 2019HANSARDLocal Government and Social Care FundingMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. She champions the cause of the communities of Kingston upon Hull. It is one of the most deprived local authorities in England, yet it is one of…24 Apr 2019HANSARDLocal Government and Social Care FundingMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. There are too many instances across the public sector where cost-shunting is resulting in precisely what my hon. Friend says: vulnerable people…24 Apr 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Local Authority FundingCan the Secretary of State not understand the scepticism about his comments, not just from the Select Committee but from many Members on both sides of the House? After all, it was…08 Apr 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActSo has yours!25 Mar 2019HANSARDLocal Authority ServicesAfter nine years of this Government’s slash-and-burn approach to deprived areas, the Secretary of State has announced a new fund for our left-behind towns, but since 2010 we have…04 Mar 2019HANSARD Stronger Towns FundI thank the Secretary of State for advance sight of his statement, but we should call this out for what it is. This supposed funding boost is a pittance that will do little…04 Mar 2019HANSARDLocal Authority ServicesIt is only an increase for councils because it is predicated on those same councils’ increasing their council tax to mitigate a £1.3 billion Government grant cut. The announcement…04 Mar 2019HANSARDGreater Manchester Spatial FrameworkI am bringing my comments to a conclusion. I just want to touch on the serious issue of the numbers. We need clarity from the Minister about whether we should use the ONS numbers…21 Feb 2019HANSARDGreater Manchester Spatial FrameworkI congratulate the hon. Gentleman on securing this debate. He and I are both Stockport Members of Parliament. He knows that some in Stockport, principally the Liberal Democrats,…21 Feb 2019HANSARDGreater Manchester Spatial FrameworkMy hon. Friend makes a really important point, because this issue is about more than the sequencing of the disposal of sites for development; it is also about market economics, or…21 Feb 2019