I thank the Secretary of State for including West Sussex in the business rates retention scheme and for the 4.2% increase the county council is getting. Crawley Borough Council has reserves of over £21 million. What more can be done to make sure that councils use such large reserves more efficiently?
Local Government Finance
Proceeding contribution from
Henry Smith
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 5 February 2019.
It occurred during Debate on Local Government Finance.
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