🔴 The Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves is now presenting the Budget Statement to the House of Commons. Watch live with BSL ⬇️ #Budget2024

A Budget that fixes the foundations to deliver change by fixing the NHS and rebuilding Britain, while ensuring working people don’t face higher taxes in their payslips. gov.uk/government/pub…

Yesterday colleagues from DEC gathered together for a Budget breakfast and then to watch Chancellor Rachel Reeves's first Budget speech Many of them had worked on measures the Chancellor announced - influencing govt policy from here in the north east #budget2024

Lovely community bonfire and fireworks at Danby Wiske tonight #northyorkshire #bonfirenight

Congratulations to the DEC Fundraising and Volunteering Committee who won the "Business Contribution to the Community" award last night at the Stronger Communities celebration in Darlington! DEC has raised over £11,000 for local charities over the last 2 years 😍

Today we welcomed a delegation of senior civil servants, the Mayor of York and North Yorkshire, David Skaith and York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority for a tour of our @bioyorkshire and Institute for Safe Autonomy labs, and to discuss and share insights on the future of innovation and the role of universities in driving regional economic growth.

The event which was convened by The York Policy Engine and DEC presented the opportunity for partners to continue to develop and explore partnerships and discuss a collaborative approach towards economic development within our region. Read the full story: tinyurl.com/yeyn9yzv

Coverage of our visit to York this week to talk all things growth - and how we can work with the new York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority from DEC

Think it’s going to be a day for curling up by the fire ⛄️ ❄️

It was great to host the mayors today at DEC!

We are recruiting for the Director General of the new National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority A huge opportunity for someone to make a critical difference to our country civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi?j…

Over the last 3 years we have recruited 1000 more civil servants to work DEC - the vast majority from the surrounding region and new to the civil service. A recent external evaluation set out the progress made and lessons learnt so far 👇 assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/675ff028…

Report reveals 900-job boost for town from investment we nearly missed out on ift.tt/SYUHmxr

Introducing our newest named train - 'Darlington'! We unveiled the livery at Darlington station today, commemorating 200 years since the first passenger journey on the world-famous Stockton & Darlington Railway. Learn more: spkl.io/6014fgQF8

Today, we visited Darlington to hold the first ever Treasury Committee evidence session in the city. Before the hearing, we stopped off at the local market to hear the views of traders on cash acceptance as our inquiry into the issue continues 💷

Yesterday, we held a Treasury Committee session in Darlington for the first time ever 💷 Beth Russell told us about the benefits of the DEC for both the region and the Civil Service 👇

We pick 100 great North East women to celebrate International Women's Day 2025 chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-eas…

Pleased to attend this roundtable in Newcastle on Friday and be part of this community of female leaders in the north east!

Today we set out plans to move thousands of civil service roles to 13 places around the UK. Our vision is for an outward looking civil service solving problems with the frontline, closer to communities. I wrote for Manchester News MEN about our plans. manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-m…