Local Government Finance

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister – in the House of Commons at 4:44 pm on 8 February 2012.

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Photo of Andrew Gwynne Andrew Gwynne Shadow Minister (Health) 4:44, 8 February 2012

My right hon. Friend is right to highlight the role of the Liberal Democrats. May I take him to the Stockport part of my constituency, which is Liberal Democrat-controlled, and remind him that throughout the years of the Labour Government, the council’s grant increased year on year? Year after year the council resolved that that money was not enough, but since 2010 it has faced a £54 million cut in its budget, and we have not heard a peep out of it. What has changed?