Southwark Liberal Democrats React to Spending Review
Southwark Liberal Democrats have responded to today’s spending review, unveiled by the Chancellor Rachel Reeves.
Cllr Andy Swain
Ward: Teign Valley
Parishes: Ashton ; Bridford ; Christow ; Doddiscombsleigh ; Dunsford ; Hennock ; Tedburn St Mary ; Trusham
Mobile: 07756 253908
Email: andrew.swain@teignbridge.gov.uk
Southwark Liberal Democrats have responded to today’s spending review, unveiled by the Chancellor Rachel Reeves.
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Thank you to everyone who came to yesterday's Police Community Forum and made your points so eloquently. We know the TVP team were very impressed. We hope we can build on this first meeting. They have promised some feedback within a few days.
Woking MP Will Forster has challenged the Chancellor over the lack of funding for councils like Woking in the Government’s Spending Review. Watch Will's question to the Chancellor here.
The Government has said that the ‘police core spending power’ increases assumes rises in the PCC council tax precept in order to fund it. It means people will be left to pick up the tab in order to fund increases in police spending with the Government...
I asked the Chancellor about the London Business School's, Paolo Surico's research on how using public R&D, especially defence spending, can help raise economic productivity.