MP wants government to inject cash to help regenerate towns

SOUTHPORT'S MP has called for more investment into regenerating towns to stop them from being left behind by cities.

- BY ANDREW BROWN

Patrick Hurley made his plea in Westminster as he said recent decades have seen a role reversal take place from flourishing towns and declining inner cities, to booming cities and towns across the UK which have seen better days, and need more support.

In a Parliament debate on Disadvantaged Communities Southport MP Patrick Hurley said: “When I was a child, my home town was thriving, the high street was teeming and there were places to go and things to do.

“The British Insulated Callender's Cables factory was at the top of my street and employed perhaps 1,000 people.