Oral Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
“What discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on using local growth funding to help increase economic growth.”
Tabled: 14 January 2025Answered: 20 January 2025
Asked by
Elaine Stewart
Labour — Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
Answer from Hansard
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government (Alex Norris)
Local growth funding is crucial to our growth mission and to tackling regional inequalities. The Government will set out a refreshed approach to local growth funding at the multiyear spending review in the spring. That will end the beauty parades and short-term decision making and put local communities in charge of their own destiny, just as we committed to at the general election.