Extracts from Commons statement on Levelling Up - Mar 16
Wednesday, 17 March 2021 08:55
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Housing, Communities
and Local Government (Eddie Hughes):...Where appropriate, the UK
Government will seek advice from the devolved Administrations as
part of bid assessments in their geographical areas on shortlisted
projects regarding alignment with existing provision. The fund is
part of a broad package of complementary UK-wide interventions.
Along with the levelling-up fund, the UK shared prosperity fund
will create a package of UK Government...Request free trial
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Housing,
Communities and Local Government ():...Where appropriate, the UK Government will
seek advice from the devolved Administrations as part of bid
assessments in their geographical areas on shortlisted projects
regarding alignment with existing provision. The fund is part of a
broad package of complementary UK-wide interventions. Along with
the levelling-up fund, the UK shared prosperity fund will create a
package of UK Government support, which invests in skills,
infrastructure and innovation at local, regional and national
levels, enabling the Government to provide the same support to
communities in all nations as we build back from covid-19. To help
local areas prepare for the introduction of the UK shared prosperity fund the UK
Government are also providing an additional £220 million of funding
through the UK community renewal fund. This fund aims to support
people and communities most in need across the UK to pilot
programmes and new approaches. Through these funds, we will
establish new ways of working between the UK Government and places
right across the UK...
(North Ayrshire and Arran) (SNP) [V]:...It is
also clear that the Tory priority list ignores additional
poverty-related criteria. We in Scotland can see that this is yet
another step on the road towards this Tory Government completely
bypassing and disrespecting the Scottish Parliament as they seek to
impose their Tory priorities on Scotland’s democratically elected
Government in devolved policy areas, which they already intend to
do through the shared prosperity fund...
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