Mr Clive Betts

Mr Clive Betts

Labour — Sheffield South East

Speaking in the House of Commons on 11 February 2026

Debate

Local Government Finance

Contribution

There is again memory loss on the Lib Dem Benches. It was the coalition Government who made the biggest cuts to local government funding and started passing funding responsibilities over to the council tax system—that all began with the Lib Dems in the coalition Government. Why does the hon. Gentleman not apologise to the Chamber and to people up and down the country for what the Lib Dems did to them when they were in government?

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