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BUDGET WINS FOR HODGE HILL & SOLIHULL NORTH

Today’s Budget sets out a series of commitments that will make a real difference for families across Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North – from the cost of living to children’s services, schools, transport and neighbourhood renewal.

 

Here are the key wins for our area:

 

🔺 Cost of living support

  • £150 off energy bills next year, plus the expansion of the Warm Home Discount to help 6 million households.

  • Freeze on NHS prescription charges and the first freeze in nationally-regulated rail fares for 30 years.

  • Fuel duty freeze extended to August 2026, saving households around £89 next year.

 

🔺 Tackling child poverty

  • Ending the two-child limit in Universal Credit, benefiting an estimated 8,900 children in Hodge Hill & Solihull North and lifting 450,000 children out of poverty nationally.

 

🔺 Schools & childcare

  • Funding for breakfast clubs in three local schools.

  • New school-based nursery funding for The Shirestone Academy.

  • Application window opened for 2,000 new breakfast clubs nationally and expanded eligibility for free school meals for children on UC.

 

🔺 Housing & renters’ rights

  • Renters’ Rights Act 2025 to stop unfair rent hikes and abolish Section 21 evictions.

  • Stronger enforcement against rogue landlords and illegal labour practices.

     

🔺 NHS & primary care

  • Local GP surgeries receiving investment through the Primary Care Utilisation and Modernisation Fund, including Hodge Hill and Solihull practices.

  • Nationally, £15bn real-terms uplift to NHS resource budgets by 2028-29.

 

🔺 Jobs, youth support & regeneration

  • Pride in Place regeneration programme means Glebe Farm awarded £20m over ten years

  • Major investment into West Midlands transport, city-region infrastructure, business support and new creative clusters.

 

🔺 Illegal high street operations

  • Significant increase in enforcement action against criminal high-street premises – vital for protecting legitimate businesses across our community.

 

🔺 Investment zones & growth funds

  • Hodge Hill & Solihull North to benefit from the West Midlands Investment Zone, unlocking R&D, business growth and new jobs.

  • £902m for the Local Growth Fund and £500m for the Mayoral Revolving Growth Fund to boost regional investment.

 
 
 

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