LOCAL ROTHER VALLEY MP ALEXANDER STAFFORD MP CALLS ON COUNCIL TO SUBMIT LEVELLING UP BID

  • With £20 million on the table for communities in previously left-behind areas, Rother Valley MP Alexander Stafford says Rotherham Council (RMBC) must submit a strong bid for a slice of this funding.
  • Rotherham classed as a Priority 1 area, meaning bids placed by our local authority have a high chance of success

 

Local Rother Valley MP Alexander Stafford has called on Rotherham Council CEO to submit a strong bid for funding to breathe life into neglected high streets.

Today in Parliament, he asked the Parliamentary Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Eddie Hughes, what support his department could give RMBC to encourage them to put in a bid.

The Minister confirmed that Government will make £125,000 available for local authorities to support them in crafting and presenting a strong, commercially viable bid.

Commenting, Alexander said:

I welcome this funding, set aside to help local authorities pull together an impressive bid for a commercially-viable project and I very much look forward to working with RMBC moving forward.

This funding represents a huge investment for areas, like mine in Rother Valley, that have been neglected for too long, and the council must grasp this opportunity with both hands.

You may also be interested in

My Plan for Dinnington

Dinnington is a small town located roughly in the centre of the Rother Valley constituency and has a population of just over 9,000 people. It is believed to have been founded in Neolithic times with a name meaning "Town of Dunn's People".

My Plan for North & South Anston

North Anston & South Anston are two villages in the southeast of the Rother Valley constituency, with a combined population of roughly 9,000 people. The area’s history dates back over a thousand years, and its name means “single/solitary stone” in Old English.

My Plan for Wales

Wales is a small village in the southwest of the Rother Valley constituency with a population of over 1,000.

My Plan for Kiveton Park

Kiveton Park is a village in the southwest of the Rother Valley constituency with a population of just over 7,000 people. It was founded by the Anglo-Saxons before the Norman conquest, and its name comes from an Old English word for “the settlement in the hollow”.

My Plan for Harthill & Woodall

Harthill is a small village and Woodall a hamlet in the south of the Rother Valley constituency, with a combined population of roughly 2,000 people.

Yorkshire Water bill rip-off UPDATE

Alexander has discovered that some residents have received £50 compensation because Yorkshire Water failed to notify them properly before adding this charge.