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UK Parliament · Bill
Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023
Summary
The Act is designed to reduce inequality across the UK by giving local areas more control over their own development and investment. It focuses on regenerating struggling towns and cities through new projects, businesses, and improved facilities, while giving councils greater freedom to plan their futures.
A vote to support means
- —Supporting this Act means backing the government's plan to help less wealthy areas of the UK catch up with richer regions. It gives local councils more power to make decisions about their communities and includes funding for regeneration projects like new buildings, businesses, and infrastructure.
A vote to oppose means
- —Critics worry that the Act gives too much power to local authorities without enough oversight, and that promised funding may not reach the areas that need it most. Some are concerned that it could lead to unfair development or that poorer regions still won't get enough money compared to wealthier ones.
Cast Your Vote
People's Vote1 votes
0% Support · 0100% Oppose · 1
Parliament's Vote468 MPs
62% Ayes · 29238% Noes · 176
Democratic Gap
62% — Large gap
Outcome mismatch — the public would block this bill, but Parliament passed it
Bill Passage
Commons
- 1st reading11 May 2022
- 2nd reading8 Jun 2022
- Committee stage21 Jun 2022
- Report stage23 Nov 2022
- 3rd reading13 Dec 2022
Lords
- 1st reading19 Dec 2022
- 2nd reading17 Jan 2023
- Committee stage20 Feb 2023
- Report stage11 Jul 2023
- 3rd reading21 Sept 2023
Royal Assent26 Oct 2023
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