Helen Morgan (26056)
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2023-10-23: Match score 93%
Let me first draw Members’ attention to my own entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests
2024-05-22: Match score 78%
I declare an interest as a vice-president of the Local Government Association
2023-10-24: Match score 78%
I declare an interest as a vice-president of the Local Government Association
2024-02-07: Match score 77%
I declare my interest as a vice-president of the Local Government Association
2024-07-19: Match score 73%
Because we are talking about local government today, I declare my interest as a vice-president of the Local Government Association
2024-03-11: Match score 61%
A number of colleagues touched on the important issue of local government funding. In Shropshire, 84% of the budget is spent on social care, which leaves only 16% to deal with the highways and all the other economic regeneration work we would like the council to do. The highways are in an appalling state, and we are starting to lose the facilities, such as Whitchurch civic centre, that bring people into the high street. Such places house libraries, registration offices, indoor markets, performance spaces and so on—all the things that bring people into the high street and get the local economy firing. The council says that it cannot afford the interest required to rebuild the civic centre, which has problems with reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete. It is important we sort out local government financing, because if we want the people who know what fires the local economy and know what investment is needed to drive growth, we really need to get that sorted out. I urge the Government to reconsider the fair funding formula and ensure that councils are funded based on the cost of delivering their services and not just on the need for the services they deliver.