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HANSARDTown DealsMy Department is engaging with all town deal recipients to support delivery through our performance monitoring process, and we have a particular interest in progress in Ipswich…04 Mar 2024HANSARDNorfolk Devolution DealMy Department is supporting the implementation of the Norfolk devolution deal, which is progressing well. Norfolk County Council, under its brilliant leader, intends to vote to…04 Mar 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI was delighted to be in West Yorkshire on Friday outlining the additional investment that we are making in that region. The agreement that we have reached with the Mayor of West…04 Mar 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend makes an important point. We are concentrating on ensuring we can level up the north and the midlands, but we also need to recognise that levelling up encompasses…04 Mar 2024HANSARDTown DealsMy hon. Friend is a bonnie fechter for Ipswich, and he is absolutely right about, for instance, the local shopping parades project and the former R&W Paul Silo building. I am…04 Mar 2024HANSARDLevelling-up Measures: UpdateIntroduction It is now a decade since the launch of the northern powerhouse, an ambitious programme to catalyse growth in our great northern cities and rebalance the UK’s economy…01 Mar 2024HANSARDLong-term Plan for HousingLast week I set out the next step in this Government’s long-term plan for housing, announcing a package of measures to ensure that more homes get built where they are needed…19 Feb 2024HANSARD Ministerial Severance: ReformAmateur!06 Feb 2024HANSARDLocal Government Finance Settlement 2024-25Today, I set out the final local government finance settlement for 2024-25. This makes available up to £64.7 billion for local authorities in England, an increase in core spending…05 Feb 2024HANSARDLocal Government FinanceToday, the Government have announced additional measures for local authorities, worth £600 million. This includes £500 million of new funding for councils with responsibility for…24 Jan 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe evidence of the reduction in regional inequalities is perhaps most marked in Teesside and the Tees valley where the Conservative Mayor Ben Houchen has been responsible for…22 Jan 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right: the fund has helped many communities in need, particularly in Liverpool. He and other Liverpool MPs have been assiduous in making the case…22 Jan 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsEarlier this month we launched the consultation on Awaab’s law, which insists upon time limits for repairs in the social rented sector. In the shaping of this law and many other…22 Jan 2024HANSARDSocial Rented HousingI am grateful to my right hon. Friend for raising that issue. She represents one of the most beautiful constituencies in the United Kingdom and does so with great skill. It is…22 Jan 2024HANSARDSocial Rented HousingOur £11.5 billion affordable homes programme will deliver thousands of affordable homes for rent and to buy right across the country. The levelling-up White Paper also committed…22 Jan 2024HANSARDSocial Rented HousingI certainly agree that housing associations do fantastic work in providing homes for social rent as well as shared ownership homes, and we work in partnership with them. We are…22 Jan 2024HANSARDSocial Rented HousingNo, absolutely not. Our record on building social homes is significantly better than that of the last Labour Government. It is under our Administration that local authorities have…22 Jan 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe always stand ready to work with local authorities of whatever stripe or colour to ensure the delivery of new homes. As the hon. Member knows, London is the region of the United…22 Jan 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI take the hon. Gentleman’s point seriously. It is important that we support grassroots sport and other civil society organisations in Northern Ireland. We are working hard to try…22 Jan 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt is just another example of Ben Houchen as Metro Mayor using all the powers at his disposal and the resources released by this Conservative Government to ensure that, at last,…22 Jan 2024