2016 February 11

On Thursday 11 February 2016 I asked the Leader of the House about the £300m transition funding for local authorities. It is a scandal that the Prime Minister’s own local authority in Oxfordshire will receive £9m from the new £300m transition fund and 83% of this fund will go to Tory-run councils, mostly in the affluent shires. The £9m given to Oxfordshire comes just a week after the Prime Minister’s mother and aunt signed a petition against cuts to Children’s Services in the County.

The Shadow Leader of the House, Chris Bryant MP was granted an Urgent Question by Mr Speaker. On 11 February 2016 the leader of the House chose to send the Minister, John Penrose, the Parliamentary Secretary at the Cabinet Office. The UQ was about the removal of Short Money, which is given to Opposition parties to cover costs. I asked: