Levelling Up Debate
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Rebecca Long Bailey
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Levelling Up
Rebecca Long Bailey Excerpts(2 years, 3 months ago)
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Michael Gove
My right hon. Friend is absolutely right. We need to make sure that the additional funding available through the UK shared prosperity fund goes to all the communities in Wales that deserve it.
Rebecca Long Bailey (Salford and Eccles) (Lab)
The Secretary of State bursts with enthusiasm today, yet his plans are not bursting with much new funding. Even the director of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership says that
“the government is planning to spend less on English regional development than was the case under Theresa May or David Cameron.”
It said that true levelling up would need long-term financial backing from the Chancellor. When will we see that?