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  Opposition Day - Local Government Funding - Spread Cuts Over Longer Period - Avoid Disproportionate Impact on Most Deprived Areas
  
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  @ MP voted aye to spread cuts to local government funding more evenly over four years and ensure they do not fall disproportionately on the most deprived areas.
  @ MP voted no against spreading cuts to local government funding more evenly over four years and ensuring they do not fall disproportionately on the most deprived areas.
  
  The majority of MPs voted against spreading cuts to local government funding more evenly over four years and ensuring they do not fall disproportionately on the most deprived areas.
  
  The motion rejected in this vote was:
  
  :That this House
  :''notes'' with concern that local councils will lose, on average, 27 per cent. of their funding over the next four years, compared to 11 per cent., on average, for Whitehall departments;
  :''regrets'' the frontloading of reductions in funding which means that the heaviest cuts will fall in the first year;
  :''believes'' that the unexpected severity of the cuts will result in substantial job losses in the public and private sector, undermine the voluntary sector and hit frontline services;
  :''regrets'' the inadequate level of capitalisation available to local councils to deal with redundancy costs of up to Â£2 billion;
  :''further notes'' the commitment in the coalition agreement to ensure that fairness is at the heart of decisions and that those most in need are protected;
  :''is disappointed'' that the most deprived areas will be hit hardest by the reductions in funding; and
  :''calls on the Government'' to revise its proposals before making the provisional finance settlement to ensure that any reductions in funding are more evenly spread over four years and do not fall disproportionately on the most deprived communities.
  
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