John celebrates town’s success in £20Million Levelling-Up Fund bid for Government cash

By on January 19, 2023 in Local Campaigns, Regenerating Weston

Weston’s MP John Penrose is celebrating today’s announcement that Ministers have approved the town’s multi-million pound Levelling Up Fund bid for Government cash. In summer last year, John supported North Somerset’s Levelling-Up Fund bid to turn Weston into a year-round destination by upgrading underused and vulnerable local heritage sites into “must…

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The Spectator: John Penrose urges DWP transparency

By on January 13, 2023 in Low Cost Britain, National Campaigns, Press Cuttings, UK Productivity & Growth

This article was published in The Spectator. Welfare reform is back in Westminster, with both Labour and the Tories now seeking solutions to deal with the 5.2 million on out-of-work benefits – a figure which The Spectator was first to pick up on. The Times today splashed on possible government proposals with Labour’s Jon Ashworth now accusing…

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