I am afraid that that is a rather poor attempt at hiding the deep unfairness of the settlement imposed on local government by this Government. That was a choice that could have been made differently, but was not.
Localism Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Shabana Mahmood
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 17 January 2011.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Localism Bill.
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