Rupa Huq MP Member of Parliament for Ealing Central & Acton
The Government’s Towns Fund is a textbook example of pork barrel politics. Out of 61 areas picked by ministers for the Towns Fund, 60 were in Conservative-held seats or Tory targets with an average majority of just 3,000.
In parts of our community, the streets are definitely not paved with gold, yet London is completely ineligible. I want the Government to commit to “levelling up” each and every village, town and city that is in need of investment, as I made clear in a Commons speech last week.