The Conservative party needs to learn lessons, because every time it has dabbled in local government finance it has got its fingers burned. The hon. Gentleman talks about the current system being complicated, but the proposals in the Bill cannot exactly be said to be very simple, and it is clear that it will centralise power into the hands of the Secretary of State and take it away from local councils.
Local Government Finance Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Beamish
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 18 January 2012.
It occurred during Debate on bills
and
Committee of the Whole House (HC) on Local Government Finance Bill.
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