Neighbourhood Boards

The Government’s Pride in Place Programme will provide up to £5.8 billion over 10 years to 284 places, with each receiving up to £20 million in funding and support. This will serve as the cornerstone of this Government’s support for communities.

In each place, a Neighbourhood Board will work with the local community to develop a Pride in Place Plan, ensuring funding is spent in a way that reflects local priorities. The Government has built several safeguards into the design of Neighbourhood Boards to protect against politicisation.

Each Board is led by an independent Chair who cannot be an elected representative, with MPs, MSPs, Members of the Senedd, MLAs and local councillors all explicitly excluded from the role. While MPs and at least one ward councillor must sit on each Board, at least 51% of members must live or work within the neighbourhood boundary, and non-elected members must outnumber elected representatives, ensuring Boards remain genuinely community-led.

To ensure transparency and public accountability, Boards must publish their membership, meeting minutes, decision logs, and declared conflicts of interest. All members must sign up to a code of conduct based on the Seven Principles of Public Life, with clear processes for managing conflicts of interest applying to everyone involved.