Elsie Blundell, MP for Heywood and Middleton North has welcomed Government Minister for local growth Alex Norris MP into Heywood to meet the Town Board overseeing the £20m Plan for Neighbourhoods, hear about the community consultation and go on a walkabout in the town.
The Minister described Heywood as a ‘Vanguard’, both for the town’s speedy submission to Government and for the successful community consultation that had around 1,500 responses.
Elsie Blundell said: “I am proud of Heywood and everything it has to offer. Heywood has an opportunity – with Labour Government support – to invest in itself and shape its own future. Having the Minister here shows we can move towns like ours up the Government Agenda and shape the place we live in.
I want to thank Alex for responding to my invitation, coming to the town and meeting people from Heywood, who believe in this place’s Heywood’s future.”