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HANSARDPublic Spending: InheritanceI thank the hon. Gentleman for his questions, and for persevering for so long. I fully agree that the focus should be on frontline public services. We have committed ourselves to…29 Jul 2024HANSARDPublic Spending: InheritanceBefore I begin my statement, my thoughts and prayers are with those affected by the events in Southport, and I am sure that the whole House will join me in paying tribute to our…29 Jul 2024HANSARDPublic Spending: InheritanceThere were things that the Conservative party covered up—covered up from the Opposition, from this House and from the country. That is why today we are publishing a detailed audit…29 Jul 2024HANSARDPublic Spending: InheritanceI can understand why people, and Members, are angry. I am angry too. The previous Government let people down. The previous Government made commitment after commitment without…29 Jul 2024HANSARDPublic Spending: InheritanceMy hon. Friend is right. The people of Rother Valley will be shocked and appalled by the gross mismanagement of public finances, including a £6.4 billion overspend on asylum. That…29 Jul 2024HANSARDPublic Spending: InheritanceThe cover-up was from those on the Opposition Benches. The sooner we get an apology to the British people, the better.29 Jul 2024HANSARDPublic Spending: InheritanceIf the right hon. Gentleman has any chance of fixing the mess that his previous Government made, he might want to start with an apology.29 Jul 2024HANSARDPublic Spending: InheritanceThe shadow Chancellor had an opportunity this afternoon to admit what he had done, the legacy he had left. Instead, he takes no responsibility. The word the country was looking…29 Jul 2024HANSARDPublic Spending: InheritanceFirst, specifically on the black hole, we could not have known these numbers because the Conservative party did not tell the OBR these numbers. That is why we are in the position…29 Jul 2024HANSARDPublic Spending: InheritanceI can confirm that we will be arranging multi-year settlements with local authorities, as well as with Departments. It is extremely important that both Departments and authorities…29 Jul 2024HANSARDPublic Spending: InheritanceI thank the hon. Lady for her contribution, particularly the theme about helping people into work and fixing our national health service. I totally agree with her about the…29 Jul 2024HANSARDPublic Spending: InheritanceI thank my hon. Friend for her question. She speaks from her experience as Chair of the Public Accounts Committee, and I agree with her entirely. The charter for budget…29 Jul 2024HANSARDPublic Spending: InheritanceThe challenge of productivity sits across both the public and private sectors. In the last 14 years, productivity has flatlined in the public and private sectors and we need to…29 Jul 2024HANSARDPublic Spending: InheritanceI thank my hon. Friend for that question. We do owe it to our armed forces, our prison officers, our police officers, our nurses and our teachers to reward them properly for their…29 Jul 2024HANSARDPublic Spending: InheritanceI thank my hon. Friend for that question. Let us just be clear that the pay recommendations today are in line with private sector pay. These are just the pay deals that are…29 Jul 2024HANSARDPublic Spending: InheritanceI am not sure if hon. Gentleman was paying attention. The £22 billion black hole is this year. The Institute for Fiscal Studies was warning about a black hole of £18 billion over…29 Jul 2024HANSARDPublic Spending: InheritanceThis country is owed a £22 billion apology by the Conservative party, and my hon. Friend is right to highlight the overspends, including on the hospitals programme; there is a £4…29 Jul 2024HANSARDPublic Spending: InheritanceFirst, there is a £9 billion reserve for departmental expenditure, and it was spent three times over before I arrived in the Treasury. That is why we face these problems today.…29 Jul 2024HANSARDPublic Spending: InheritanceI have to be honest that the decisions I have made today are tough decisions. They are not the decisions that I wanted to make, or that I expected to make. Given the seriousness…29 Jul 2024HANSARDPublic Spending: InheritanceUnder the previous Government, no applications were being processed and so nobody was being sent home. We will process those applications and send people who have no right to be…29 Jul 2024