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New Towns: Finance

Asked by Blake StephensonConservativeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 9 July 2025UIN 64220

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether local authorities will be required to provide funding towards infrastructure for New Towns.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook

The government has tasked the New Towns Taskforce, an independent expert advisory panel chaired by Sir Michael Lyons, with developing recommendations to ministers on suitable locations for new towns, as well as how to fund and deliver them. The Taskforce will submit its final report this summer.

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