My right hon. Friend is again absolutely right. The Government are a little schizophrenic on this, saying to local authorities, ““Don't build up big reserves,”” while at the same time building instability into the system, which will require local authorities to build up bigger reserves.
Local Government Finance Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Helen Jones
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 31 January 2012.
It occurred during Debate on bills
and
Committee of the Whole House (HC) on Local Government Finance Bill.
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