Extract from Lords debate on the Queen's Speech - June 27
Wednesday, 28 June 2017 09:06
Lord Watts (Lab):...The Conservative Government of the day decided
that public was bad and private was good. No real assessment was
ever done to see whether this was true. The policy was driven by
dogma rather than any sort of research. To make things worse, the
Government moved away from a needs-based funding system to a
political system based on the whim of the Minister. The new funding
system moved funding from some of the poorer areas to the richer
areas. That can be seen today, when some...Request free trial
(Lab):...The
Conservative Government of the day decided that public was bad and
private was good. No real assessment was ever done to see whether
this was true. The policy was driven by dogma rather than any sort
of research. To make things worse, the Government moved away from a
needs-based funding system to a political system based on the whim
of the Minister. The new funding system moved funding from some of
the poorer areas to the richer areas. That can be seen today, when
some local authorities face bankruptcy while others are awash with
cash. We have been talking about Westminster Council and Kensington and
Chelsea. They have loads of money, while other local authorities
have none and face bankruptcy...
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