Part of Housing, Communities and Local Government – in the House of Commons at on 22 February 2021.
Steve Reed
Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
I offer my condolences on behalf of the Opposition to the family of Julia Clifford on their very, very sad loss.
High streets need support to help them to recover, so will the Secretary of State guarantee that the funding that all areas receive under the levelling-up fund will be at least as much as they received under their local growth deal?
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