There is another problem—the direct and, I suggest, deliberate skewing of Government funding to urban areas in the name of deprivation, and away from rural areas. The average grant per head in rural areas is 50% less than in urban areas at the end of 10 years of Labour, average incomes are lower and the average council tax is 100% higher. People are poorer, they pay more and get less, and that needs to be put right.
Environmental Protection and Green Growth
Proceeding contribution from
Graham Stuart
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 26 October 2011.
It occurred during Opposition day on Environmental Protection and Green Growth.
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