Great to catch up with the new Minister for Levelling Up, my good friend Jacob Young MP - Redcar & Cleveland.
I stressed to him the importance of levelling up action in the Sedgefield constituency.
Towns are the place most of us call home and where most of us go to work. But politicians have always taken towns for granted and focused on cities.
That’s why I am pleased to see the Government unveil £1.1bn funding for 55 towns, each receiving a £20m “endowment style” fund for regeneration projects over a decade.
