Antonia Bance

Antonia Bance

Labour — Tipton and Wednesbury

Speaking in the House of Commons on 17 December 2025

Debate

Local Government Finance

Contribution

Black Country people are proud and resilient, but 50 years of deindustrialisation and 14 years of Tory austerity have left my borough of Sandwell the fifth most deprived in the country. Does the Minister agree with me that this Government can finally see deprived urban areas—post-industrial areas like mine—and is finally giving us back what we are due?

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