Local Government Finance Bill

Would my hon. Friend be surprised to hear that when I asked the Secretary of State, in this very House on 18 July, whether he would"““guarantee that Liverpool will not see a real-terms cut in its funding””" in the first two years following the changes, he said:"““Yes, it is going to do better out of this system””?—[Official Report, 18 July 2011; Vol. 531, c. 670.]"