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Parliament's record since 1997: debates, questions, statements, votes, bills, committees and members' interests

Where MPs Stand

Sourced briefings on the record of Parliament

Local Government Finance and the 2019 Spending Review inquiry

Inquiry by the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee, 6 March 2019 to 6 March 2019. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • 13 May 2019: Professor Tony Travers, London School of Economics, Neil Amin-Smith, Institute of Fiscal Studies, Professor Pete Murphy, Nottingham Trent University, Rob Whiteman, Chartered Institute of Public Finance and AccountancySir Amyas Morse, Comptroller and Auditor General, National Audit Office
  • 4 June 2019: Lord Porter of Spalding, Chair, Local Government Association, Cllr Paul Carter, Chair, County Councils Network, Cllr John Fuller, Chair, District Councils Network, and Frances Foster, Treasurer, SIGOMA (Special Interest Group of Municipal Authorities); Dr Jonathan Carr-West, CEO, Local Government Information Unit , and Andrew Carter, CEO, Centre for Cities (at 4.45pm); Alison Cox, Director of Cancer Prevention, Cancer Research UK, Jeanelle de Gruchy, President, Association of Directors of Public Health, and David Buck, The King’s Fund (at 5.30pm).
  • 18 June 2019: Rishi Sunak MP, Minister for Local Government, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government .