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HANSARD Local Government FinanceMy hon. Friend will recognise the work of the better care fund and some of the positive outcomes that it has driven for acute hospitals and social care, such as preventing people…05 Feb 2019HANSARD Local Government FinanceI will give way to the hon. Member for Slough (Mr Dhesi) and then take a couple more interventions.05 Feb 2019HANSARD Local Government FinanceMy right hon. Friend makes an important point about rurality, the impact it can have and the cost drivers it can generate. I assure him that we will be analysing it closely as the…05 Feb 2019HANSARD Local Government FinanceThe hon. Gentleman will recognise the need for us to look carefully at relative needs and resources. I encourage him to engage constructively and positively with our review so…05 Feb 2019HANSARD Local Government FinanceI pay tribute to the work that councils such as Nottinghamshire have done over the past few years in making hard calls and difficult decisions as a consequence of the financial…05 Feb 2019HANSARD Local Government FinanceMy hon. Friend makes the case clearly for undertaking this review and looking at this properly. We need to look at the starting point and take the approach he highlights to ensure…05 Feb 2019HANSARD Local Government FinanceI am a strong supporter in the troubled families programme, and I have been a strong believer in preventive work for young people, including through family units, for many years.…05 Feb 2019HANSARD Local Government FinanceI congratulate my hon. Friend on the way in which he has championed his local area. As a former local government leader, he has shown what can be delivered through local…05 Feb 2019HANSARD Local Government FinanceObviously we will look at all the representations that continue to be made during the review of relative needs and resources, but our analysis in the review demonstrates that,…05 Feb 2019HANSARD Local Government FinanceI must make some progress. I know that local authorities were also pleased to hear that we plan to distribute £180 million of surplus in the business rates retention levy account…05 Feb 2019HANSARD Local Government FinanceThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I know that a number of Members wish to speak this afternoon. I hope I have been generous in taking interventions, but I am conscious of allowing…05 Feb 2019HANSARD Local Government FinanceI need to make some progress due to the time available for this debate. To do more, it is crucial that we listen and respond to what local authorities are telling us, not just on…05 Feb 2019HANSARD Local Government FinanceI beg to move, That the Local Government Finance Report (England) 2019–20 (HC 1916), which was laid before this House on 29 January, be approved.05 Feb 2019HANSARD Local Government FinanceStrong, vibrant, resilient communities are, more than ever, key to unlocking a brighter future for our country. We must therefore celebrate them and help them to succeed, and, in…05 Feb 2019HANSARD Local Government FinanceI will give way one last time but then I really must conclude.05 Feb 2019HANSARD Local Government FinanceWe are spending around £1 billion more than at the start of this Parliament. Some £84 million is added into the settlement to ensure that we drive quality and support in the…05 Feb 2019HANSARD Local Government FinanceMy hon. Friend is a fine champion of the interests of the Isle of Wight and I commend him for his work. He has made representations to the Local Government Minister and seen a…05 Feb 2019HANSARD Local Government FinanceI hope that the hon. Gentleman will recognise that East Sussex is part of the business rates pilots and gets the benefits that attach to those involved in that process through the…05 Feb 2019HANSARD Local Government FinanceI pay tribute to Oxfordshire and to all councils that have been working hard to provide services for their local communities. I am sure that my right hon. Friend will recognise…05 Feb 2019HANSARD Local Government FinanceI will take one more intervention and then I will seek to make some progress.05 Feb 2019