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However, as I have said before, we do not collect statistics on all the detailed bits of the process, so I cannot give you a line-by-line account of how changes in national funding affect the situation on the ground.
Put simply, you cannot have an indefinite freeze funded by an additional—but stand-still—£70 million each year that does not take inflation into account and hope that services will remain unchanged and undiminished.
The individuals involved should be held to account for their actions. Through the procurement bill soon to go through Parliament, we should commit to putting in place guidance to ensure that this situation never happens again.
The committee might want to take that point of information into account. On Clare Scott’s point, I think—if I remember correctly—that Manchester put aside part of its property portfolio to invest specifically in the area.