Local Government Finance (England)

Among the many acts of heroism that we have seen over the past year, the quiet dedication, hard w...

I should inform the House that the Order Paper notes that these instruments have not yet been con...

I start by echoing the Secretary of State’s praise for frontline council workers and others invol...

Order. The hon. Gentleman must refer to the Chancellor of the Exchequer as the Chancellor of the ...

I absolutely agree. I urge the Government to think again, scrap the Chancellor’s council tax bomb...

I am sorry to have stopped the hon. Gentleman in his peroration, but it is really important in th...

I thank the Government for their generous assistance to councils to help us through the pandemic ...

I declare an interest as I am a vice-president of the Local Government Association. I also echo t...

It is a pleasure to speak in a local government finance debate, because it is an area close to my...

There will now be a time limit and I hope that Dame Diana Johnson has been told that it is six mi...

Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I am very pleased that both the Secretary of State and the shadow S...

I am sorry, Dame Diana, that you were not earlier informed of the time limits. I understand that ...

I am delighted to be able to contribute to this debate on local government finance. I declare an ...

I certainly echo the thanks that have been given to our amazing public sector workforce during th...

I thank the Government for the assistance that they have given to Cornwall to fund many aspects o...

I begin by paying tribute to the hard work and dedication of Wirral Council workers and Wirral Co...

We now go via videolink to Ian Liddell-Grainger. [Interruption.] Ian, have you got a jacket, plea...

I apologise unreservedly to you for that, Mr Deputy Speaker. That was a very stupid faux pas that...

I declare an interest as a vice-president of the Local Government Association.

Let me start...

I draw the House’s attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests, particu...

Before coming to this place, I had the privilege of sitting as a Conservative councillor in Durha...

The comments I shall make are provided from the perspective of county areas, and I provide them b...

I am grateful for the opportunity to speak in the debate. I want to start in the same way that ma...

After 28 years of hard Labour in Darlington, with ever-increasing council tax, ever-decreasing qu...

During this past year, Her Majesty’s Government have provided unprecedented support to businesses...

There is no doubt about the vital role that our local councils have played in supporting our coun...

Let me start by saying what an incredible job the people who work on the frontline of our local c...

I begin by paying tribute to Buckinghamshire Council, which has been working fabulously during th...

I will not take up too much time. First, I thank Ministers for the excellent work they have done ...

For those of us who have come up through the ranks of local government, we know only too well tha...

It is a pleasure to speak in this debate. The funding settlement with an above inflation increase...

I am delighted to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Bromley and Chislehurst (Sir Robert Neill)...

Like other Members, I pay tribute to the fantastic work carried out by Blackburn with Darwen Boro...

May I begin, like so many Members, by expressing my huge appreciation for the incredible work tha...

Could I just ask the Minister to keep an open mind towards the idea of some local authorities bei...

I thank my hon. Friend for his question. I will come on to talk about funding reform in a minute ...