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Debate between Liz McInnes and Jake Berry
Monday 18th June 2018

(6 years, 4 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Jake Berry Portrait Jake Berry
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On whether central Government care for people in Newcastle, I would say that surely they, like the hon. Lady, should welcome the £600 million of new money provided for the devolution deal; the Great Exhibition of the North, opening this Friday, which is set to boost her local economy by £184 million; the Budget announcement of £337 million for the Tyne and Wear Metro; north-east local enterprise partnerships having £379 million invested in them directly; and the north-east investment fund just announced, with £120 million. This is a golden era of Government investment in the north-east, but it takes the Conservative party to deliver it.

Liz McInnes Portrait Liz McInnes (Heywood and Middleton) (Lab)
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6. What recent assessment he has made of the ability of local authorities to deliver their statutory duties for adult social care.