7. Welsh Conservatives Debate: Local Government funding

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:30 pm on 16 February 2022.

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Photo of Rebecca Evans Rebecca Evans Labour 5:30, 16 February 2022

And I'm just about to come on to exactly that point. The formula is constructed and governed in such a way that it can't be manipulated unfairly by any one authority or group of authorities, or by politicians, whether they're locally elected councillors or Welsh Government Ministers. And, of course, there have always been calls for a fundamental review of the formula, and some have been made to me as recently as last week. But these calls have been isolated and they're not united, and we've always recognised the risks and challenges that such a review would pose. But that, of course, isn't to say that the formula is fixed.