My hon. Friend is making a most powerful argument. Local authorities like Slough are currently housing 79,000 homeless families in temporary accommodation, including more than 120,000 children. Last year, there was the largest annual increase in children in care since 2010, and councils are now starting 500 child protection investigations every day. Does he not agree that that is a diabolical situation resulting from these harsh ideological cuts?
Local Government Finance
Proceeding contribution from
Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 5 February 2019.
It occurred during Debate on Local Government Finance.
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