Natasha Irons

Natasha Irons

Labour — Croydon East

Speaking in the House of Commons on 5 February 2025

Debate

Local Government Finance

Contribution

I had hoped that we could move away from this pitting area against area. I can assure the shadow Secretary of State that I am from an urban area with high deprivation, but with very high transport costs for children to get to special educational needs placements, and also massive temporary accommodation costs. Perhaps we need to move towards a better model that takes in all the issues we face in all of our areas. In that way, we are not fighting each other, but working together to get better local councils across the country.

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