Council Tax

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government – in the House of Commons at 2:30 pm on 20 May 2008.

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Photo of Hazel Blears Hazel Blears The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Member, Labour Party National Executive Committee 2:30, 20 May 2008

Much as I like the hon. Gentleman—[Hon. Members: "Surely some mistake!"] It is only because I can look him in the eye. Much as I like him, I am afraid that he is significantly out of date, and I urge him to catch up. In the past 12 months, we have slashed the number of targets for local authorities from 1,200 to under 200. We have also un-ring-fenced £5 billion of resources for local authorities and their partners to spend on the things that really matter to local people. There is now a slimmed-down regime for local government, because I am determined that local authorities should be able to respond to the things that people think are important. I hope that the hon. Gentleman agrees with me on that.

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maggie gebbett
Posted on 21 May 2008 12:46 pm (Report this annotation)

Hazel Blears owes Mr Neill an apology on the grounds of her being heightist. If MPs are not politically correct - who is?