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Member
Speaking in the House of Lords on 24 March 2025
Debate
Local Authorities (Changes to Years of Ordinary Elections) (England) Order 2025Contribution
The noble Lord, Lord Rennard, spoke about his view of local government being that we should try it and see if it works. But local government without powers and funding is not local government at all. My budget was cut every year for the 16 and a half years that I was a council leader. No councillors go into local government to cut services. By reorganising them, we can give them the powers and funding they need to get on with the job.
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