Local Government Funding

Part of Opposition Day — [8th allotted day] – in the House of Commons at 3:42 pm on 6 December 2010.

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Photo of Andrew Percy Andrew Percy Conservative, Brigg and Goole 3:42, 6 December 2010

I thank my constituency neighbour for giving way to me. May I say gently and in the most friendly way possible, that I served on a metropolitan northern authority for 10 years and the picture was not quite as rosy? Although there might well have been some extra resources, all too often, what came with that were huge burdens that were not fully funded-whether that was free swimming, local bus passes or whatever. Local tax payers, who are some of the poorest tax payers, had to pick up the bill.