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Andrew Gwynne Excerpts
Monday 4th March 2024

(2 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Jacob Young Portrait Jacob Young
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I will absolutely look into those concerns and ensure that my officials can meet my hon. Friend to discuss them further.

Andrew Gwynne Portrait Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish) (Lab)
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The success or otherwise of levelling up will be tested by whether people in communities feel better off and whether inequalities in those communities are removed. What assessment has the Minister made of an area such as Tameside, which has had three successful levelling-up bids, but feels poorer because its council is £200 million worse off?