Levelling Up Bill: Conservative chaos to blame for cancellation of vote

23 Nov 2022

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Responding to reports that Monday's vote on the Levelling Up Bill has been cancelled, Helen Morgan, Liberal Democrat Levelling Up Spokesperson, said:

“This chaotic Conservative government is once again too preoccupied with party infighting to focus on running the country.

“Mortgage rates and rent prices are rocketing after the Tories crashed the economy and now they can’t even get one of their flagship bills through Parliament. Today will do nothing to help people across the country struggling with housing costs.

“Towns and cities up and down the country have been waiting years for the Conservative Government to get serious about levelling up, yet their petty squabbles means the long wait is going to continue.”

ENDS

Notes to Editor:

1. Tweet from Dominic Penna reporting that there will be no vote on the Levelling Up Bill on Monday