Regional Planning and Development
The question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to help increase regional economic growth.
Answered by James Murray
The government is committed to ensuring that growth is felt in every region of the UK, and the Chancellor named regional growth as one of her three main economic focuses in her recent Mais lecture.
At the Budget and Spending Review, we committed to £725 billion of economic and social infrastructure investment across the country over the next decade. We have also published a new Green Book to ensure all parts of the country get a fair hearing on public spending decisions.
Verbatim has judged this answer against the question that was actually asked — answered, partly answered, or evaded. Sign in to see the verdict →