Local MP Maria Miller has welcomed the Spending Review which provides billions of pounds in the fight against coronavirus, and invests in the UK’s recovery.
On Wednesday, the Government set out an ambitious plan that focuses on levelling up across the country, investing in vital infrastructure that will ensure the UK builds back better from coronavirus.
Government’s immediate priority is protecting people’s lives and livelihoods as we respond to coronavirus, including £18 billion for mass testing, Test and Trace, PPE and vaccines, and £3 billion to support NHS recovery.
Delivering stronger public services – more hospitals, better schools and safer streets. Schools in the South East will receive almost £5.9 billion in per-pupil funding through the schools block - an average per-pupil increase of 3.5 per cent compared to 20-21. Building 4 hospitals and continuing to grow medical undergraduate degree places, with an additional 181 places compared to 2017-18. Protecting over 16,000 properties in region through the early stages of our £5.2 billion six-year flood defences programme. The South East will benefit from a share of 6,000 new police officers in 2021-22.
Maria said: “While the health emergency facing our country is not yet over, the economic emergency has only just begun.
“The Chancellor’s Spending Review tackles this unprecedented situation head on – ensuring lives and livelihoods in Basingstoke are protected and supported in the weeks and months ahead.
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak MP said: “Today’s Spending Review delivers the priorities of the British people. Our health emergency is not yet over, and the economic emergency has only just begun; so our immediate priority is to protect people’s lives and livelihoods.
“But today’s Spending Review also delivers stronger public services - paying for new hospitals, better schools and safer streets. And it delivers a once-in-a-generation transformation in our approach to infrastructure. Creating jobs, growing the economy, and increasing pride in the places people call home.”
For more details please visit Spending Review to fight virus, deliver promises and invest in UK’s recovery