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Nobody wants public money to be squandered, and we want accountability. You guys, as parliamentarians, are ultimately responsible for that and should be held to account for your actions and omissions.
We have a firm direction of travel as well as local flexibility that allows for local circumstances to be taken into account. Andy, do you have anything to add?
Is the cumulative impact on public finances of those taxes that go to national and local government taken into account? Yes. We consider that in the round.
We are not saying that we do not want to be audited or accountable, but we do not want auditing and accountability to get in the way of delivering for our communities.