Signed a Statutory Instrument (SI) which helps different combined authorities in North Yorkshire, the North East and the East Midlands by transferring some powers over borrowing, economic development and regeneration away from central government; continuing our agenda of ending Westminster centralisation and pushing power closer to people with skin in the game.
Spoke at the Local Government Association’s Annual Parliamentary Reception to thank everyone who makes sure local concerns are heard in all conversations in government. Ultimately, we want to fix local government so it works for communities and can deliver better frontline public services.
The government’s Water Bill completed its passage through Parliament, ready to become law. These reforms will bring tough penalties for law breaking bosses and bring in more infrastructure investment to fix the system, reforms which we worked hard to put together for years as Shadow Environment Secretary and which deliver on another manifesto pledge from July.
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Jim McMahon OBE MP 