FUNDING FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT SERVICES AND WOMEN'S REFUGES

Early day motion 1070, tabled 13 March 2018 by Jim Cunningham (Labour). Signed by 16 members.

That this House is shocked at figures that local government spending is facing a funding gap of £5.8 billion by 2020 and that almost £10 million of support has been cut from women’s refuges; is concerned at the detrimental impact this will have on vital local services; notes that almost a fifth of specialist women's refuges have had to close in the last eight years; is further concerned at reports that in 2017, over 400 vulnerable women and children were turned away from refuges due to lack of space; further notes that there was no mention of the WASPI women affected by the state pension increase; is alarmed that the Spring Statement 2018 does not address these issues; and calls on the Government to reverse these spending decisions and bring forward measures that would end the crisis in local government funding.

Signatures by party: Labour 10, Labour/Co-operative 2, Plaid Cymru 2, DUP 1, Independent 1.