Jess Phillips

Jess Phillips

Labour — Birmingham Yardley

Speaking in the House of Commons on 11 February 2026

Debate

Police Grant Report

Contribution

The right hon. Gentleman raised many such points, so he will excuse me if I do not give way now. It seems that the whole House can agree that no one likes the funding formula. The hon. Member for North Norfolk (Steff Aquarone) gave an especially good trot-through of that issue. While he is not of my political stripes, he is considerably better than the previous right hon. Member for North Norfolk, who bears some responsibility for the damage that this Government are having to fix. The funding formula is fundamentally—[Interruption.] If hon. Members would like to intervene or think that I have said something that I should not have said, they should feel free to defend the former right hon. Member for North Norfolk, the one-time Prime Minister who crashed the economy.

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