7. Welsh Conservatives Debate: Local Government funding

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:31 pm on 16 February 2022.

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Photo of Peter Fox Peter Fox Conservative 5:31, 16 February 2022

Would you agree with me—? You will see from the Finance Committee's evidence that the Welsh Local Government Association are saying that many local authorities' reserves are shrinking, at a time, though, when the actual reserves in the WLGA, in the local government family's pot, have increased by £0.5 billion during the pandemic. How can it be justified that a formula can allow those huge differences to continue? Because that will allow some authorities to fall off a cliff edge, if it's allowed to continue. This isn't about the quantum; this is about the distribution.