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Proceeding contribution from George Osborne (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 20 October 2010. It occurred during Ministerial statement on Comprehensive Spending Review.

Comprehensive Spending Review

The right hon. Gentleman is obviously—I do not hold this against him—a centraliser rather than a localiser. He would like all these decisions to be taken by people doing my job and directed to elected local councils through grants. We take a different approach. We are sweeping away a lot of these grants. I have to say however—I am sure that this will be of interest to people in his constituency, as I know something of the nature of it—that the increase in the child tax credit will help. We have also, at the insistence of the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, put a great deal of resources into the Supporting People programme, which is particularly important in areas such as that represented by the right hon. Gentleman.

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Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
516 c989 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Child tax credit Compensation Crime prevention Disadvantaged Benefits rules Cost effectiveness Defence BBC Age Contributions Devolution Capital investment Civil servants Development aid Civil list Fares Housing benefit Government departments Interest charges Economic situation Equitable Life Assurance Society NHS Police Local government finance Workplace pensions Public sector Public bodies Public expenditure Pupils Railways Redundancy Non-departmental public bodies Midland Metro Public finance M25 Public sector debt Social security benefits Welfare tax credits State retirement pensions Working tax credit Terrorism Schools Reform Social rented housing Reviews Retirement Science Tyne and Wear Metro Security of tenure S4C Sure Start programme BBC World Service A3 Cuts Employment and support allowance M4 M62 M5 Olympic Games 2012 Presbyterian Mutual Society Departmental expenditure limits Bank levy Green Investment Bank A11 Birmingham New Street Station
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