Questions to the PM over cuts to funding

thought that the Honourable Lady would be welcoming the improvements that have taken place in her constituency, should have welcomed the many more children who are in good or outstanding schools in her constituency as a result of this government, should have welcomed the extra health funding, should have welcomed the more ...”

At this point the PM was cut off by shouting.

Mrs May declined to return to answer the question directly when invited to do so by the Speaker.

Afterwards Mrs Walker said: “Once again we have not had a satisfactory response from the Prime Minister to my question at PMQs.

“This only serves to highlight the true cost of her Government’s austerity-driven agenda, which is starving local authorities.

“Once again the Conservative Government is not acting to protect the most vulnerable in our society, instead choosing to prioritise tax cuts for the most wealthy. The PM refuses to acknowledge the situation facing local authorities, with potholes going unfilled, and libraries closing, whilst they try to meet their statutory obligations. “I would urge the PM to open her eyes and see it isn’t just Labour councils who are struggling but councils up and down the country.

“Only this week Northamptonshire County Council issued a notice that they couldn’t pay the bills. “I will continue to hold this Government to account for their savage cuts to local government budgets.”

It was her third Prime Minister’s Question since entering Parliament in last June’s snap general election.

Her first PMQ was on the potential downgrading of Huddersfield Royal Infirmary and she used her second one to highlight concerns over teachers and their mental health.