My hon. Friend makes an important point about the difficult choices faced by local authorities up and down the country. I know that councils will do their darnedest to try to minimise any increase in council tax because of the pressure on people’s finances and because of what has happened over the past five years.
Local Government Finance
Proceeding contribution from
Hilary Benn
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 10 February 2015.
It occurred during Debate on Local Government Finance.
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