Member

At the end of the event, we produced a list of 10 issues, covering everything from road congestion and water quality to high street regeneration and affordable housing, which residents are now voting on—local people setting the priorities for how to make their town better. Local groups and individuals are the bedrock of the Government’s Pride in Place programme, the second phase of which was announced last week. Hamworthy West and Turlin Moor in my constituency are part of the latest wave of recipients of £20 million of funding. It is clear that local voluntary groups and those they represent will play a major role in shaping how that money is spent.