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James is campaigning to ensure North West Norfolk benefits from the government's levelling up agenda including promoting investment in King's Lynn through the Towns Fund and other schemes.

King's Lynn has a great history and a committed, creative, and engaged local community. James wants to maximise the potential that the town has to thrive in the future. Through my role on the Towns Fund Board I will work to deliver projects to boost skills and jobs, enhance our heritage, and improve our quality of life.

June 2021  - £25 million Town Deal for King's Lynn 

  • The Ministry of Housing, Communities, and Local Government has announced that King's Lynn has secured a £25 million Town Deal.
  • The plans submitted to the government were developed by the Towns Fund Board focusing on the themes of innovative growing businesses and a skilled workforce, a sustainably connected town, and a historic riverfront and repurposed town centre. The proposals reflected engagement with local people, businesses, and other groups on ideas to improve our town and support economic growth and builds on local manufacturing, engineering, and health sector strengths by supporting growing businesses and takes advantage of King’s Lynn’s strong creative and cultural tradition
  • The projects include a new Youth and Retraining Pledge to provide new opportunities for skills and support those affected by Covid-19 to retrain; projects to improve the town centre and public spaces; a new multi-user community hub to provide a one stop shop for accessing a range of services; a restored St George’s Guildhall complex and creative hub; an innovation and collaboration incubator for businesses; proposals for better transport connectivity and cycling and walking; and regeneration of the historic riverfront.
  • The Towns Fund Board will determine the balance of the £25 million investment against the projects submitted as part of the Town Investment Plan and will need to meet the conditions in the Head of Terms agreement with the MHCLG

March 2021 - King's Lynn priority area for new Levelling Up Fund

  • In the 2021 Budget, the Chancellor published the prospectus for the new Levelling Up Fund to support transport, heritage, or regeneration projects. James welcomed that King’s Lynn and West Norfolk is in the priority group for the new Fund.

November 2020 - James champions King's Lynn Towns Fund bid

  • James spoke in the House of Commons to champion the King's Lynn's Town Investment Plan and the opportunity to benefit from £25 million of investment.

September 2020 - Funding for new School of Nursing Studies and investment in Lynn town centre

  • King’s Lynn will benefit from £750,000 of accelerated Towns Fund investment for a School of Nursing Studies at the College of West Anglia, and investment to improve the town centre under £80 million of funding announced by the Ministry of Housing, Communities, and Local Government. 
  • This came after James called on the Prime Minister to support the case for the new School of Nursing Studies at Prime Minister's questions.

King's Lynn was selected as one of 100 towns that will benefit from the £3.6 billion Towns Fund which will pay for projects that deliver ‘’economic productivity through urban regeneration, planning and land use, skills and enterprise infrastructure and connectivity’’. James is a member of the King's Lynn Towns Fund Board working with the Borough Council, businesses, the College of West Anglia, and other local partners to develop the Town Investment Plan which aims to secure up to £25 million investment to boost long term economic growth.  The Town Investment Plan will be the overarching strategy for the area with a focus on skills and enterprise, transport connectivity, promoting heritage, and urban regeneration. 

More details on the Town Investment Plan and Board, can be found at https://www.visionkingslynn.co.uk/ 

 

 

 

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Crackdown on fly-tipping & free waste disposal for domestic DIY

Monday, 11 April, 2022

Households will no longer have to pay to get rid of DIY waste under plans set out by government to change the rules that currently allows some local authorities to charge for DIY waste from households.

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James Wild MP welcomes exciting plans for St George's Guildhall and a new Creative Hub

Monday, 28 March, 2022

James has welcomed plans for St George’s Guildhall and a new Creative Hub that have this week been unveiled by the King’s Lynn Town Deal Board.

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500 new life-enhancing Changing Places toilets to be built across England including in West Norfolk

Tuesday, 22 March, 2022

New funding announced in the Spring Statement will help to provide over 500 new Changing Places Toilets in England, including 3 new toilets in King's Lynn and West Norfolk enabling everyone to enjoy our local area with dignity and freedom.

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Vision King's Lynn rail to river route update

Monday, 7 March, 2022

Last month, local people were invited to get involved by coming up with ideas and themes for the art that will form part of the route.

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James Wild MP welcomes ABP's Timber Terminal hitting growth targets

Sunday, 13 February, 2022

In December James officially opened Associated British Ports (ABP) £1.4m Vancouver Timber Terminal which provides 3000m2 of storage to help keep pace with volumes up 85% year on year due to demand from construction, manufacturing, and DIY sectors.

James Wild MP talks about help with cost of living pressures and supporting people into work

Tuesday, 8 February, 2022

During a debate in the House of Commons, James highlighted the pressures people in North West Norfolk are facing with increasing prices, importance of helping people into work, and the new support to help deal with energy price increases.

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James Wild MP welcomes Levelling Up plans for Norfolk

Wednesday, 2 February, 2022

While talent is spread equally across our country, opportunity is not. Levelling up is a mission to challenge, and change, that unfairness.

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James Wild MP encourages people to have their say on plans to improve rail to river route in King’s Lynn

Saturday, 22 January, 2022

Plans to improve a route connecting rail to river in King’s Lynn have been unveiled - and the public are being invited to help to shape the artwork on the route.

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New plan to protect leaseholders and make industry pay for the cladding crisis

Monday, 10 January, 2022

The government has reset its approach to building safety with a bold new plan to protect leaseholders and make wealthy developers and companies pay to fix the cladding crisis.

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James Wild MP welcomes new round of funding for community-based infrastructure projects in King’s Lynn and West Norfolk

Saturday, 1 January, 2022

A new round of funding for community-based infrastructure projects in King’s Lynn and West Norfolk opens on 1 January.

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