Budget Resolutions

Shockat Adam Excerpts

Monday 2nd November 2026 Commons Chamber

[Angela Rayner]

I did just say that we are working with all remaining areas. We will continue to do so where we can find local consensus, because we are the party of devolution and believe in working with local leaders.

Later this year, we will publish our full plan for rewiring the state, which will outline a vision for devolution in England. The changes that we have announced are about devolution, not delegation. Where powers and functions are transferred, they will not be duplicated at the centre. This means that, over time, central Government will become smaller but more strategic.

[Shockat Adam (Leicester South) (Ind)]

The Secretary of State mentioned Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. Can she please give a date for when this devolution will happen? We are severely missing out on the funds and pots of money that are going elsewhere.

[Angela Rayner]

Again, we are working with local areas to make sure that we progress as quickly as possible. We are happy to engage with local leaders as part of that programme.

As we move towards a local government finance settlement, we will continue working with local leaders to plan and invest for the long term. I am clear that local government is the foundation of the public services on which neighbourhoods and communities rely, which are essential to our wider ambition to rewire the state.