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Minister calls for cross-party solution to 'broken' funding

Local government minister Simon Hoare has admitted the funding formula for councils is ‘all but broken’ and called for a ‘cross-party solution’.

Local government minister Simon Hoare has admitted the funding formula for councils is ‘all but broken' and called for a ‘cross-party solution'.

He spoke in a debate on council funding called by Helen Morgan, Liberal Democrat MP for North Shropshire.

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